Steve Cropper on Stax and 'Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay'
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 12 ส.ค. 2013
- Ronnie Wood and Steve Cropper discuss Stax Records and writing 'Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay' with Otis Redding just before his death. They discuss the inspiration for the lyrics and the fact that Otis never heard the final version with the electric guitar which we all know and love.
Plus, Steve talks about getting to play guitar alongside Rufus and Carla Thomas, Wilson Pickett, William Bell, and Eddie Floyd.
This clip is taken from The Ronnie Wood Show, an award-winning TV series first broadcast on Sky Arts. Every episode features top artists joining Ronnie for impromptu jamming, lively chat and reminiscing about the wild days of rock'n'roll.
Episode 5, clip 2. - เพลง
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Steve is such a legend. He down plays everything he has done. He has either written or co written so many songs that we all know and love.
Crop is an absolute living legend, and man, he's SO darn humble.
So is Ronnie Wood!!!
So humble and blessed to have had the opportunity to meet Steve! God bless 🙏💓
His, and Duck's contributions are so under-recognized.
I love Ronnie's enthusiasm.
Ron Wood, thanks for doing this
What a way to say goodbye, with such a fantastic song.
Moré and longer jamming interviews please. Gold dust.
Steve is my hero. One of the most influential guitarists of all time
Amen! Him, Pops Staples, and Curtis Mayfield are the reason I play.
Great music transcends all barriers! Steve Cropper! One of the greats!
Incredible! This is a testament as to what can happen when people come together and are not separated by superficial things. Stax was an integrated studio! In Memphis, TN! In the '60s! The Lorraine Motel in Memphis was the only hotel where African Americans could stay in Memphis during this time. Can you imagine the surrealness of leaving a world in which segregation and apartheid were the norm and entering this studio where there were no color lines? I understand that this somewhat ended when King was assassinated. But my point is that when we remove superficial dividing lines, we can support each other's genius and create beauty. Sitting on the Dock of the Bay will be sung for millennia.
Musicians themselves tended to see color less I guess but those who controlled the purse strings for them sure did. Read about Sam Cooke - who refused to play separate shows for blacks and whites- down in FLA I think it was. Also did and encouraged other black entertainers to get involved with the business process for themselves.
❤️🎼🎸🎹🥁Steve Cropper’s contribution to Pop and Soul music is required listening. His stories leave me in awe😔😊
Great guy Steve Cropper
RONNIE!!! Thanks for taking time to document these stories... Your personality and genuine interest and comes out when you interview...
two legends and all around nice guys.... Steve is such an awesome guest.
Cool! Never heard him sing a note before.
I lived in a houseboat in Saus, back in the late 70's. That was before all the rich people decided they wanted to be cool, so they priced everyone else out and turned Sausalito into a bedroom community and a tourist trap downtown. I always thought it was so cool to be 'sitting on the dock of the bay ', like Otis did. It was a magical place, but there were plenty of crazy people around there too! This was back when I was optimistic and had not suffered the cruelty of human nature I experienced trying to be a decent, considerate, caring, honest person all my life.
Read a quote from Jerry Wexler about Steve Cropper's writing ability and how he could switch hats style-wise. His guitar parts are sublime on those early Stax tunes. The rare solo on Rock Me Baby (Otis Blue) is incredible. Top Geezer!
Hats down! Two living legends.
Steve led me down to music that clean guitar gave me goosebumps and still does today
Thank you Steve, thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
En 1979 tenía 5 años cuando escuché el album Melting Pot cuya portada la miraba siempre que el disco giraba. El disco aún está en casa y cada canción las llevo tan presentes que algunas son parte de momentos de mi vida que recuerdo.
Steve is a huge reason that I play my Tele more than my Strat. Thanks for all the great music.
The world's most underrated musician by a long way.
Exactly!
You just gotta love these 2 dudes. Keep rocking boys! 🙏🏻👍🏻
Saw him play this at the Chesapeake Bay Blues Festival some years back.
saw him,met him and he was great,in Morecambe in the UK.got him to sign my stax original of dock of the bay,me n my missus were so star struck we could barely speak,mind you neither could Steve as i believe he's just enjoyed his 3rd bottle of red wine lol.
These are priceless and are such a great look in to music history. Thanks so much for producing and providing these Woodie. It "Wood" be great to get someone in the seat like Bill Wyman and ask him some history.
Ronnie I have listen to a many great guitar licks from you and Mr. Cropper. As much as I like playing my guitar my talent will never rise to the level of both of you. But no one can take my enjoyment of listening to the masters play.
Such a legend
Extra ordinaire moment ...un très grand merci à Mr Cropper and Ron Wood from a french fan.Eric
saw him Glasgow 1967 with booker t and the mg's also got his autograph !
Cropper was the back bone to the Stax sound
How cool would it be to say Steve Cropper is my friend 😁
Great song and great guitarist
Jamed together was an amazing album
Thanks for posting.
love your show !
This story, and this song always makes me extremely sad.
Same upsetting Big O didn't get to here the beautiful electric guitar licks. Him and Steve were great collaborators.
He's been my hero as a player before I ever picked up a guitar. The first time I heard those 'money licks' as a boy, I thought " I have to do that. I'm still trying...
I met Steve once… should have let him sign my telecaster … wish I had
Steve is a real guitar hero.
I believe Steve and Ronnie were playing together on rod Stewart's night on the town album.
My white Telecaster '62 reissue-ish guitar that I made is also nicknamed The Colonel, by no small coincidence.
sent a shiver up my spine, indelible shit
he plays the guitar like a piano
What’s up Ronnie? I didn’t even know you had a channel bro!
Steve starts playing, then singing something he helped write. ...My skin feels like it's crawling with Static Electricity. ...I'm thinking, "Steve, how do you do that"?!?!
Dig that shirt that Steve is wearing. Where can I get those threads?
"Probably the greatest that'll ever live is Otis Redding, ahh, that ever will be". Sorry Ronnie, as good as you blokes have been over the years the one band I would sell my soul to see: Jackson, Dunn, Jones, Cropper, Bar Keys and Otis.
sC legend ..RIP OR.
fuckin legendary
gblueslover2
Anyone know where u can view the whole video ?
R.I.P.
Little embarrassed, I worked an event yesterday and he was right next to me getting on stage, had little to no idea who he was. Actually no one I was working with heard of the Blues Brothers.
Way too short, need the whole interview please
both cats seem pretty cool
The world needs more soul.
Steve The “ Colonel” Cooper !
So Otis died the weekend after he and Cropper set down "Dock of the Bay.." Never heard the finished version...
Woonderfull, but too short! :(
Poor Otis...
The session's cats never got the credit due,
There is simply no comparison to that Stax band.