Damme if Steve “The Colonel” Cropper wasn’t in my ear from day one.
Booker T. & the MGs. Sam & Dave. Otis Redding. Leon Russell. John Lennon. Wilson Pickett. Levon Helm.
And, of course, the Blues Brothers, with his teenage bandmate Donald “Duck” Dunn, “Blue” Lou Marini, Matt “Guitar” Murphy, Tom “Triple Scale” Scott, Tom “Bones” Malone, Steve Jordan, and all the rest of ’em, including John Belushi and Dan Ackroyd, who could actually play (drums and harp) when they weren’t busy being funny.
Man. The Pearly Gates Bar & Grill has one hell of a house band.
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Pearly Gates House Band will have a great cover of “Sweet Home Chicago.” Steve’s Telecaster will be singing and laying down the groove.
Rubber Biscuit?
Thanks for the Green Onions link Pat. Didn’t know Peavey did guitars and what can you tell us about Steve’s? Is that real tiger eye maple deck stained dark?
You got it Herb. It’s a dark tiger eye maple cap on a solid mahogany body. I did a little research on Peavy, and they started making guitars in 1977 working with Eddy Van Halen. They pioneered using CNC machines to make the guitar bodies and necks which put them ahead of all the other companies. In the late 1990s, they offered to make a tele style guitar for Cropper exactly like he wanted, and I guess they made him a licensing offer he couldn’t refuse.
Thanks Pat for the research. I knew Peavey was a solid amp and PA system company but am surprised that I haven’t seen their guitars before this. Sorry to see the Duck and Crop no longer here but there is a LOT of their music left on Earth going back to 45’s, LP’s, 8-tracks, cassettes, micro cassettes, on into CD’s and back to new vinyl. (Which I draw the line at since DAC tech mellowed out digital recordings). But I still spin an old record now and then. Lord I had so many turntables…..Thorens, Dual, B&O. Have an old Sony gifted to me (actually forced upon me) that does the occasional duty now and then since I still have over 300 vinyl records lurking in a cabinet.
Yep, Peavey amps and PA systems were well known. There was a music store here that sold Peavey guitars for a while then closed. I haven’t seen them new or used at any other music or guitar stores I haven’t visited. I just looked on Sweetwater and they only show two models, one bass and one six string. Prices suggest they are American made.
According to Wikipedia, Steve Cropper and Donald “Duck” Dunn used to ride bicycles together as kids.
This explains much. One meets the best people that way.
Ain’t that the truth!
I noticed Duck also went with Peavey basses for a while, then back to Fender. That bass line in “Shake Your Tailfeather” in the “The Blues Brothers” 1980 movie is really special.
The Pearly Gates house band “has a sound powerful enough to turn goat piss into gasoline.”