5. Ronnie Wood Show - Steve Cropper
13 videos • 14,027 views • by Ronnie Wood Best known as the guitarist of Booker T & the MG's and more recently for being part of the Blues Brothers Band, Cropper has played with some of the most iconic figures in music. As In The Midnight Hour, a song Cropper wrote with Wilson Pickett in 1965, rings out across the studio, the Tennessee native talks about writing (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay with Otis Redding in LA. He reflects on how they crafted the lyrics, put them to music and came to the decision to add the sounds of ocean waves and seagulls. As part of Booker T & the MG's, Cropper also played with soul duo Sam & Dave, providing the riffs for the unmistakeable hit single Soul Man: "One of the most important songs was probably one of the simplest. When you play the first two notes everybody immediately knows what the song is". So how did the man that Rolling Stone magazine listed as the 36th greatest guitarist of all time enjoy his time with Ronnie? "It was fun sitting in the studio and jamming, being able to spend some time and reminisce with my good buddy Ronnie Wood and listen to some music that both of us mutually like and respect and haven't heard together, so we'll have to do it again sometime." *Due to licensing restrictions, some content is not available within the UK and Ireland.*