With a Little Help From My Friends

by Steve Cropper

Overview

After years of being a team player, Steve Cropper got to make a solo album for the label he helped put on the map, Stax Records (actually their Volt subsidiary). As you might figure, it turned out as an instrumental soul album, and a darn good one, too. It's a bona fide Telecaster-soaked dance workout, with Cropper turning in signature versions of "Land of a Thousand Dances," "99 1/2," (which features a particularly nasty period fuzz guitar), "Funky Broadway," "Boo-Ga-Loo Down Broadway," "In the Midnight Hour," and original instrumentals like "Crop Dustin'" and the closer "Rattlesnake." A solid and soulful little side project that holds up quite well years later. ~ Cub Koda

Product Details

Release Date:	10/13/2023
Label:	Omnivore
UPC:	0810075113365
Rank:	34807

Tracks

1. Crop Dustin'
2. Land of 1000 Dances
3. 99 1/2
4. Boo-Ga-Loo Down Broadway
5. Funky Broadway
6. With a Little Help From My Friends
7. Oh, Pretty Woman
8. I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water
9. The Way I Feel Tonight
10. In the Midnight Hour
11. Rattlesnake

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Steve Cropper   Primary Artist,Guitar
Leon Russell   Guest Artist
The Memphis Horns   Guest Artist
Buddy Miles   Guest Artist

Technical Credits

Steve Cropper   Producer,Composer
Eddie Floyd   Composer
Eddie Miller   Composer,Composer
Eugene Record   Composer
John Lennon   Composer
Jesse James   Composer,Composer
Philemon Hou   Composer
Arlester "Dyke" Christian   Composer
Wilson Pickett   Composer
Chris Kenner   Composer
Roy Orbison   Composer
A.C. Williams   Composer
Buddy Miles   Composer
Harry Elston   Composer
Fats Domino   Composer
Bill Dees   Composer
Sonny Sanders   Composer
Alvin Lee   Composer
Paul McCartney   Composer