The Blues Brothers’ ‘Briefcase Full of Blues,’ released on Nov. 28, 1978, was all but complete when Steve Cropper made a career-changing suggestion.

Steve Cropper’s relationship with John Belushi reached its creative apex with ‘The Blues Brothers’ movie, released on June 20, 1980. Then, he was gone.

The Blues Brothers fought their label to make sure early heroes like Floyd Dixon, Steve Cropper and Isaac Hayes received royalties.

More than a decade after the bulk of Steve Cropper’s most famous sides at Stax Records, something magical happened.

Steve Cropper grew up around the sounds he was asked to play during a memorable ‘Blues Brothers’ segment at a country bar. That wasn’t the issue.

“It was not just John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd,” Steve Cropper says of the Blues Brothers.

Steve Cropper says his direct approach actually traces back to childhood.

Could there have been a different guitarist in that legendary band?

They had the luck of timing and a classic R&B cut. They also had something else.

For all of the fame the Blues Brothers franchise belatedly afforded Steve Cropper, he says the original 1980 film actually had several scenes cut that would have showcased Cropper and his pipe-smoking, bass-playing bandmate in Booker T. and the MGs, Donald “Duck” Dunn. You May Also Like: How Booker T.Read More