Guitarist Steve Cropper, Opinions on H.E.R. & Bachelor

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🗓️ 25 June 2021

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Steve Cropper played guitar on some of the greatest songs of the 1960s including "Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay" and "Green Onions." Hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot talk with Cropper about his long career as a session musician and producer. Plus they review new albums from Bachelor and H.E.R.

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Featured Songs:

Booker T and the M.G.'s, "Green Onions," Green Onions, Stax, 1962

H.E.R., "Back of My Mind (feat. Ty Dolla $ign)," Back of My Mind, RCA, 2021

H.E.R., "Bloody Waters," Back of My Mind, RCA, 2021

H.E.R., "We Made It," Back of My Mind, RCA, 2021

H.E.R., "For Anyone," Back of My Mind, RCA, 2021

Bachelor, "Back Of My Hand," Doomin' Sun, Polyvinyl, 2021

Bachelor, "Stay in the Car," Doomin' Sun, Polyvinyl, 2021

Bachelor, "Sand Angel," Doomin' Sun, Polyvinyl, 2021

Bachelor, "Anything at All," Doomin' Sun, Polyvinyl, 2021

Steve Cropper & Felix Cavaliere, "Full Moon Tonight," Nudge It Up A Notch, Stax, 2008

The Five Royales, "Think," Dedicated To You, King, 1957

Wilson Pickett, "I'm Not Tired," In The Midnight Hour (Single), Atlantic, 1965

Otis Redding, "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay," The Dock of the Bay, Volt, 1968

Wilson Pickett, "In the Midnight Hour," In The Midnight Hour (Single), Atlantic, 1965

Wilson Pickett, "Don't Fight It," Don't Fight It (Single), Atlantic, 1965

Steve Cropper, "Bush Hog Part 1," Fire It Up, Mascot, 2021

Booker T and the M.G.'s, "Hip Hug-Her," Hip Hug-Her, Stax, 1967

Wilson Pickett, "634-5789," The Exciting Wilson Pickett, Atlantic, 1966

The Blues Brothers Band, "Soul Man (live)," Soul Man (live) (Unreleased), N/A, 1979

Steve Cropper, "Bush Hog Part 2," Fire It Up, Mascot, 2021

Booker T and the M.G.'s, "Boot-Leg," Boot-Leg (Single), Stax, 1965

Otis Redding, "Nobody's Fault But Mine," The Immortal Otis Redding, Stax, 1968

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0:00.0	Wow babbling my bawlom baw bum bum bum You're listening to sound opinions and this week we're talking with the
0:23.7	legendary guitarist Steve Cropper, a member of Booker T in the MGs and the Blues
0:28.4	Brothers band. I'm Jim De Regattis and I Kott, but first some new music.
0:34.0	You still.
0:35.0	You still.
0:38.0	You still. You still in the back of my mind.
0:41.0	My mind, my mind.
0:42.0	The back of my mind. That is a track called Back of My Mind, the title track from the day.
0:47.0	I'm still the grace of all time.
0:50.0	That is a track called Back of My Mind, the title track from the debut album from Her, that's
0:57.0	H-E-R- all in caps, the Namdi Soul for Gabriella Wilson, a biracial singer from San Francisco.
1:09.4	Her has had a kind of a circuitous route to her current career.
1:14.7	She started recording under her real name for a number of years.
1:19.1	Then sort of drop that whole persona
1:21.7	and dubbed herself her in 2006. that
1:25.0	the whole persona and dubbed herself her in 2016.
1:26.0	She put out a series of EPs that were then issued on a couple of
1:33.0	compilation records. The 2019 second compilation album called I used to know her got some Grammy recognition and she's ended up having a pretty big year so far.
1:42.5	She started to emerge as a major force in the R&B and Soul realms
1:47.1	playing some major festivals when that was a thing,
1:49.3	when you can actually play festivals,
1:52.1	got a lot of notoriety for not only being a great vocalist but also a great
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