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Author Topic: R. I. P. Steve Cropper  (Read 58 times)
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« on: December 21, 2025, 05:40:08 PM »

One of the great guitar players


Steve Cropper, guitarist and member of Stax Records' Booker T and the M.G.'s, dies

https://www.npr.org/2025/12/03/g-s1-100557/steve-cropper-guitarist-stax-records-dead
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To sum it up, they blew it, they blew it consistently, they continue to blow it, it is tragic and this pathological problem caused The Beach Boys' greatest music to be so underrated by the general public.

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« Reply #1 on: December 21, 2025, 07:46:39 PM »

Is this Steve Cropper's finest hour?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oox9bJaGJ8

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Onions

Or is it this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7Aad1Y-CRY

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_the_Midnight_Hour

Rest in peace, sir.
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« Reply #2 on: Yesterday at 01:44:22 PM »

Merry Christmas!



Booker T & The MGs – “Winter Wonderland” (Stax) 1966

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QGoq8bcBnM
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a diseased bunch of mo'fos if there ever was one… their beauty is so awesome that listening to them at their best is like being in some vast dream cathedral decorated with a thousand gleaming American pop culture icons.

- Lester Bangs on The Beach Boys


PRO SHOT BEACH BOYS CONCERTS - LIST


To sum it up, they blew it, they blew it consistently, they continue to blow it, it is tragic and this pathological problem caused The Beach Boys' greatest music to be so underrated by the general public.

- Jack Rieley
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