Steve Cropper & The Midnight Hour - Watching The Tide LUNGFISH As is often the case

As is often the case with such fragile beings

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and a tender duet with Emmylou Harris on “The Sweetest Gift” — arguably the album’s finest moment — hints at the future Trio album she’d record with her celebrated peers in the late 80s

“You’re dealing with a thing that is older than the industry that sells it

Adrian Olsen created a wide range of sounds and melodies with modular synths

Steve Cropper & The Midnight Hour - Watching The Tide LUNGFISH As is often the caseTo anyone who knows the roots and branches of American music, the passing of Steve Cropper in December 2025 was seismic. As guitarist, songwriter, producer and engineer not just for the iconic Stax Records record label but on a forest of sessions and solo releases the Tennessee soul man was the DNA that coursed through the post war era. Little did we know this towering figure had one last ace to play in his lifetime, with Watching The Tide gathering A