{"id":2408263,"date":"2026-05-08T21:17:02","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T21:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2408263"},"modified":"2026-05-08T21:17:02","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T21:17:02","slug":"the-last-music-steve-cropper-heard-before-he-died-was-his-new-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/the-last-music-steve-cropper-heard-before-he-died-was-his-new-album\/","title":{"rendered":"The last music Steve Cropper heard before he died was his new album"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<p id=\"elk-5d80d8ee-1760-456b-bcc0-5afa4abf9ee8\">When Steve Cropper heard the mixes of his final album, he knew exactly what he thought of it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI finished the mixes about a week and a half before Steve passed, and we brought a CD to him at the medical facility,\u201d songwriter and producer Jon Tiven recalls. \u201cHe called me the night before he passed to tell me how much he loved it. He was playing it for everyone who came to visit him, telling them it was the best record he\u2019d ever made.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" id=\"elk-seasonal\"\/><\/p>\n<aside data-block-type=\"embed\" data-render-type=\"fte\" data-skip=\"dealsy\" data-widget-type=\"seasonal\" class=\"hawk-root\"\/>\n<p id=\"elk-5d80d8ee-1760-456b-bcc0-5afa4abf9ee8-2\">That album \u2014 <em>Watching the Tide<\/em> \u2014 will arrive later this year, serving as a poignant final statement from one of the most influential guitarists in soul and rock history.<\/p>\n<aside data-component-name=\"Recirculation:ArticleRiver\" data-recirculation-type=\"inline\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Trending Bar\" data-nosnippet=\"\" class=\"clear-both pt-2 pb-0 mb-4\">\n        <span class=\"&#10;            flex&#10;            after:content-[''] after:flex-1 after:ml-4 after:my-[0.7rem] after:border-t after:border-solid after:border-t-[#ccc]&#10;            before:content-[''] before:flex-1 before:mr-4 before:my-[0.7rem] before:border-t before:border-solid before:border-t-[#ccc]&#10;            font-article-heading pb-0 text-[length:var(--article-river-title--font-size,1em)] uppercase sm:text-[length:var(--article-river-title--font-size,0.875em)] font-bold&#10;        \"><br \/>\n            You may like<br \/>\n        <\/span><\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check=\"\" id=\"elk-aa6a24a9-f1ba-4c1d-b525-506e3ca1d471\">\n<div class=\"image-full-width-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-widthsetter\" style=\"max-width:2000px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"> <picture data-new-v2-image=\"true\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/fGGgFe4Bc3hn449sDicTNU-1200-80.jpg.webp 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/fGGgFe4Bc3hn449sDicTNU-1024-80.jpg.webp 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/fGGgFe4Bc3hn449sDicTNU-970-80.jpg.webp 970w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/fGGgFe4Bc3hn449sDicTNU-650-80.jpg.webp 650w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/fGGgFe4Bc3hn449sDicTNU-480-80.jpg.webp 480w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/fGGgFe4Bc3hn449sDicTNU-320-80.jpg.webp 320w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 40px)\"\/>\n<\/picture><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"caption-text\"><strong>Like its predecessor, Cropper\u2019s <\/strong><em><strong>Watching the Tide<\/strong><\/em><strong> features friends and guest stars, including Brian May and Eic Clapton. <\/strong> <\/span><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Will Ireland\/Guitarist Magazine)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"elk-48083edc-089f-42b3-a3b4-74ed324a27f9\">The record was largely completed before Cropper\u2019s death in December, with 10 of its 11 tracks finished beforehand. Recorded at Nashville\u2019s RCA Studio C, the album again pairs him with Tiven and is being released under the banner Steve Cropper &amp; the Midnight Hour.<\/p>\n<p>Like its predecessor <em>Friendlytown<\/em>, the project brings in a notable roster of collaborators. Eric Clapton appears on the lead single \u201cTicket First,\u201d released May 7, while Ronnie Wood contributes to \u201cUntil Now.\u201d Other guests include Billy Gibbons and Brian May, with May joining Cropper on the aptly titled \u201cMy Angels Are Calling.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-video youtube-facade\" data-nosnippet=\"\" id=\"elk-r_y-PI5jao0\">\n<div class=\"video-aspect-box\">\n<div class=\"watch-on-iframe-r_y-PI5jao0\" data-yt-video-token=\"r_y-PI5jao0\" title=\"Steve Cropper &amp; The Midnight Hour - Ticket First (Feat. Eric Clapton) (Official Lyric Video) - YouTube\">\n<span class=\"youtube-video-title\">Steve Cropper &amp; The Midnight Hour &#8211; Ticket First (Feat. Eric Clapton) (Official Lyric Video) &#8211; YouTube<\/span><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/r_y-PI5jao0\/maxresdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Steve Cropper &amp; The Midnight Hour - Ticket First (Feat. 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href=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/bands-artists\/eric-clapton-brian-may-billy-gibbons-ronnie-wood-guest-on-posthumous-steve-cropper-record\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/bands-artists\/eric-clapton-brian-may-billy-gibbons-ronnie-wood-guest-on-posthumous-steve-cropper-record\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\">Tiven says<\/a>. \u201cSteve was so encouraged by <em>Friendlytown<\/em>. He was adamant he wanted to do another record.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cropper\u2019s career stretched back more than six decades. As the guitarist for Booker T. &amp; the M.G.\u2019s \u2014 the house band for Stax Records \u2014 he helped define the sound of southern soul and co-wrote classics including \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.guitarplayer.com\/players\/stax-legend-steve-cropper-on-the-genius-of-otis-redding-and-rod-stewart-and-the-thrill-of-hearing-your-song-on-the-radio\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.guitarplayer.com\/players\/stax-legend-steve-cropper-on-the-genius-of-otis-redding-and-rod-stewart-and-the-thrill-of-hearing-your-song-on-the-radio\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.guitarplayer.com\/players\/stax-legend-steve-cropper-on-the-genius-of-otis-redding-and-rod-stewart-and-the-thrill-of-hearing-your-song-on-the-radio\">(Sittin\u2019 On) the Dock of the Bay<\/a>,\u201d \u201cKnock on Wood,\u201d and \u201cIn the Midnight Hour.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"slice-container-newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-8XG2ScuCCDmqjjukdQPmpk\" class=\"slice-container newsletter-inbodyContent-slice newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-8XG2ScuCCDmqjjukdQPmpk slice-container-newsletterForm\">\n<div data-hydrate=\"true\" class=\"newsletter-form__wrapper newsletter-form__wrapper--inbodyContent\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form__container\">\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__top-bar\"\/>\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__main-section\">\n<p class=\"newsletter-form__strapline\">All the latest guitar news, interviews, lessons, reviews, deals and more, direct to your inbox!<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Beyond his work at Stax, Cropper built a formidable r\u00e9sum\u00e9 as a session player and producer, working with artists such as Otis Redding, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.guitarplayer.com\/players\/five-killer-guitar-solos-by-duane-allman\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.guitarplayer.com\/players\/five-killer-guitar-solos-by-duane-allman\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.guitarplayer.com\/players\/five-killer-guitar-solos-by-duane-allman\">Wilson Pickett<\/a>, Jeff Beck, Ringo Starr and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.guitarplayer.com\/guitarists\/rod-stewart-on-life-in-the-jeff-beck-group\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.guitarplayer.com\/guitarists\/rod-stewart-on-life-in-the-jeff-beck-group\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.guitarplayer.com\/guitarists\/rod-stewart-on-life-in-the-jeff-beck-group\">Rod Stewart<\/a>. He also appeared onscreen as a member of the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.guitarplayer.com\/players\/robert-cray-blues-brothers-animal-house\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.guitarplayer.com\/players\/robert-cray-blues-brothers-animal-house\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.guitarplayer.com\/players\/robert-cray-blues-brothers-animal-house\">Blues Brothers<\/a> Band.<\/p>\n<p>Along the way he earned multiple Grammys, including one for \u201c(Sittin\u2019 On) the Dock of the Bay\u201d and another with Booker T. &amp; the M.G.\u2019s for the 1995 track \u201cCruisin\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check=\"\" id=\"elk-d87d3bd9-ed60-42a5-98f1-aebcad5fee80\">\n<div class=\"image-full-width-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-widthsetter\" style=\"max-width:1200px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"> <picture data-new-v2-image=\"true\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/SwGNtygMh57LcGvRNx5uG8-1200-80.jpg.webp 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/SwGNtygMh57LcGvRNx5uG8-1024-80.jpg.webp 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/SwGNtygMh57LcGvRNx5uG8-970-80.jpg.webp 970w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/SwGNtygMh57LcGvRNx5uG8-650-80.jpg.webp 650w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/SwGNtygMh57LcGvRNx5uG8-480-80.jpg.webp 480w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/SwGNtygMh57LcGvRNx5uG8-320-80.jpg.webp 320w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 40px)\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/SwGNtygMh57LcGvRNx5uG8.jpg\" alt=\"Steve Cropper\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/SwGNtygMh57LcGvRNx5uG8-1200-80.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/SwGNtygMh57LcGvRNx5uG8-1024-80.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/SwGNtygMh57LcGvRNx5uG8-970-80.jpg 970w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/SwGNtygMh57LcGvRNx5uG8-650-80.jpg 650w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/SwGNtygMh57LcGvRNx5uG8-480-80.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/SwGNtygMh57LcGvRNx5uG8-320-80.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 40px)\" loading=\"lazy\" data-new-v2-image=\"true\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/SwGNtygMh57LcGvRNx5uG8.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/SwGNtygMh57LcGvRNx5uG8.jpg\" class=\"rounded-[var(--image--border-radius,0)] inline\"\/>\n<\/picture><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Future \/ Will Ireland)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"elk-0d6b6c44-2292-47c0-a64d-2c8834baf85e\">Despite that legacy, Cropper kept his advice to young guitarists simple. In one of his final major interviews, with <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.guitarworld.com\/artists\/guitarists\/steve-cropper-final-interview\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.guitarworld.com\/artists\/guitarists\/steve-cropper-final-interview\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\"><em>Total Guitar<\/em><\/a> in 2024, he said, \u201cDo not get into this business for money. Do it for fun \u2014 and if you\u2019re good, somewhere along the way someone will pay you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He described <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.guitarplayer.com\/news\/steve-cropper-if-someones-got-groove-theyre-gonna-last-longer-than-the-guy-that-doesnt\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.guitarplayer.com\/news\/steve-cropper-if-someones-got-groove-theyre-gonna-last-longer-than-the-guy-that-doesnt\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.guitarplayer.com\/news\/steve-cropper-if-someones-got-groove-theyre-gonna-last-longer-than-the-guy-that-doesnt\">his own approach to the instrument <\/a>as practical. \u201cI use it as a tool,\u201d he said of the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.guitarplayer.com\/gear\/best-electric-guitars\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.guitarplayer.com\/gear\/best-electric-guitars\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.guitarplayer.com\/gear\/best-electric-guitars\">electric guitar<\/a>. \u201cI couldn&#8217;t afford to hire another guitarist on a lot of Stax records, so I learned to play rhythm and lead at the same time so when I was soloing the rhythm wouldn&#8217;t drop out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Watching the Tide<\/em> is scheduled for release Aug. 28 via Provogue Records \/ Artone Label Group.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.guitarplayer.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Steve Cropper heard the mixes of his final album, he knew exactly what he thought of it. \u201cI finished the mixes about a week and a half before Steve passed, and we brought a CD to him at the medical facility,\u201d songwriter and producer Jon Tiven recalls. \u201cHe called me the night before he [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2408264,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25179],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2408263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/The-last-music-Steve-Cropper-heard-before-he-died-was.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2408263","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2408263"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2408263\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2408265,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2408263\/revisions\/2408265"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2408264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2408263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2408263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2408263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}