An amazing night for anyone who was there..I know Mike and Jean Beswick will back me up..was when we took Steve Cropper and his family to hear The Elmtones at the Sunday Night Bar B Q.
Steve is the legendary Hall of Fame guitarist,songwriter and producer with his early bands "Booker T and the MG's", through backing just about every Memphis soul hit, co wriitng "Dock of the Bay', "Midnight Hour", getting the "Play it Steve " fshoutout rom Sam Moore on Sam and Dave's "Soul man"..and then much later from John Belushi when Crop was lead guiarist in "The Blues Brothers Band. "
Crop and his family were staying with us at CRC and The Elmtones heard he was in town. I told Crop that they would love him to join them but he said he just wanted to relax..that lasted til we got to CGB. I took him up to meet the band and Steve Davies had every one of his guitars on the stage.I watched Crop pick up each one then gather the band around him.
What followed was an evening of Cropper Memphis soul and other hits that, those lucky enough to be there, will never forget.
At the end of the evening Steve Davies, no mean player himself said "I just got a serious lesson in guitar playing".
I Hope the boys sill have the "Pick of the Crop" guitar picks Crop gave them.Crop passed last year leaving a legacy of amazing work,Keith Richards put it simply."He was the best man"
Candace and I were lucky enough to call him our friend for 40 years."Play it Steve!"
Last edited by Manpot; 09/17/2026 12:56 PM.
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