Dave Mason, Steve Cropper and Gretchen Rhodes doing a slow blues crawl version of Low Spark of High Heeled Boys

Posted one with him sitting in with Ronnie Baker Brooks, and that sent me down the rabbit hole.

Here he is with Albert King and Pops freaking STAPLES on an album full of premier level versions of a dozen classics from the Cropper Songbook



By the Cropper Songbook, I mean a few songs he has a writer's or performer's credit on. Like this cover of Ray's anthem



This record is just too amazing. Albert is in prime form and Pops is in fine voice as well.



He's still kicking around Memphis

With Jim Kweskin's Jug Band



Her biggest hit



And a down home, Louisiana back porch torch song

Honest Man

1st I heard of him was when he appeared at Blues Week in St Louis a couple years after this song was released. He was no stranger to the festival circuit up and down the river.
I was lucky enough to see him free a couple times



Here's another early release heavy on the NOLA brass band inflected funk



He and his band are more than capable of stretching out




Old School jazz more your thing?

Edited to use a better link