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The Ronnie Wood Show with special guest Steve Cropper
SkyArts1, broadcast 23rd March 2012







Top artists join Ronnie Wood for impromptu jamming, lively chat and a chance to reminisce 
about the wild days of rock'n'roll

American guitarist, songwriter and record producer Steve Cropper joins Ronnie Wood in his studio 

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."