Posthumous Steve Cropper Album to Feature Eric Clapton, Brian May and More

Posthumous Steve Cropper album to feature Eric Clapton, Brian May and more

Steve Cropper’s ‘Watching the Tide’ (Provogue/Artone Label Group) Steve Cropper passed away in December, but fans will be getting new music from the late Booker T. and the M.G.’s guitarist this summer. Watching the Tide, the album Cropper and his band The Midnight Hour were working on prior to his death, will be posthumously released on Aug. 28. It will feature guest appearances by Eric Clapton, Queen’s Brian May, ZZ Top’s Billy F Gibbons and Th…

Posthumous Steve Cropper album announced featuring Eric Clapton

Steve Cropper’s final studio album will be released later this year, featuring appearances from some of rock and blues’ biggest names, including Eric Clapton, Brian May, Billy Gibbons, and Ronnie Wood. Steve Cropper & The Midnight Hour will release Watching The Tide on August 28 via Provogue/Artone Label Group. The album arrives following Cropper’s passing in December 2025. The first single from the album, “Ticket First,” features Clapton on gui…

"He called me the night before he passed to tell me how much he loved it." Eric Clapton, Brian May, Billy Gibbons, Ronnie Wood guest on posthumous album from the late Steve Cropper

Watching The Tide, the forthcoming album from Steve Cropper & The Midnight Hour, will feature a host of guitar legends

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The six-string veteran passed away aged 84 last year, but it turns out he sparred with another guitar legend in the studio before he left us