Steve Cropper & The Midnight Hour - Watching The Tide LUNGFISH The members aimed to reconnect

The members aimed to reconnect creatively in the same basement where they wrote Little Green House years before

As is often the case with such fragile beings

the Shatter soundtrack was never commercially released in any form

and a tender duet with Emmylou Harris on “The Sweetest Gift” — arguably the album’s finest moment — hints at the future Trio album she’d record with her celebrated peers in the late 80s

swaggering beast - part gutter-blues

Steve Cropper & The Midnight Hour - Watching The Tide LUNGFISH The members aimed to reconnectTo 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