The Blues Brothers

Remembrance Rock Soul 

Candid Conversations with Steve Cropper

December 5, 2025December 5, 2025 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Booker T. And the M.G.'s, Otis Redding, RIP, Sam and Dave, Stax Records, Steve Cropper, The Blues Brothers

One reporter’s reflections on the late legendary producer and guitar player

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Remembrance Rock 

Turn the Page: Superstar Sideman Alto Reed Passes Away at age 72

January 1, 2021January 1, 2021 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Against The Wind, Alto Reed, Beautiful Loser, Bob Seger, Dave Mason, Fergie, Foghat, George Thorogood, Grand Funk Railroad, Little Feat, members of the Doobie Bros. Alice Cooper, Mick Fleetwood, Night Moves, Otis Rush, Robin Gibb, Spencer Davis, Steven Tyler, Stranger In Town, The Blues Brothers, The Distance, The Fire Inside, The Reed & Dickinson Band, The Ventures.

“I may have been the leader, but he was our rock star,” says Bob Seger of his longtime bandmate

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Blues Soul 

Soul Men

November 12, 2018November 12, 2018 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 0 Comments Aretha Franklin, Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, Ray Charles, Steve Cropper, The Blues Brothers

The Blues Brothers’ Briefcase Full of Blues at 40

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Remembrance Soul 

Long Live the Queen

August 16, 2018August 16, 2018 Ron Hart 1 Comment Aretha Franklin, Dr. Martin Luther King, Queen of Soul, R&B, RIP, The Blues Brothers

Remembering Aretha Franklin, gone at 76

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