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Steve Cropper & The Midnight Hour - Watching The Tide JIM LANG “The wildnessTo 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