[PRE-ORDER] Steve Cropper & The Midnight Hour - Watching The Tide [LP] Harry Manfredini Vaudeville Villain is a concept

Vaudeville Villain is a concept album like no other

this album successfully aimed the band in a more mainstream direction than the four commercially released albums that had preceded it when the single Tuff Enuff hit number ten in the Billboard Top 100 singles chart

The album was supposed to be his first album released under the "Diddy" stage name

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[PRE-ORDER] Steve Cropper & The Midnight Hour - Watching The Tide [LP] Harry Manfredini Vaudeville Villain is a conceptTo 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 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 list