Time Is Tight
Booker T. & the M.G.'s, 1969, from Uptight. Solo by Steve Cropper.
The slow-building arrangement gives Cropper room for clipped, rhythmic lead lines that ratchet up the tension until the band explodes.
Time Is Tight by Booker T. & the M.G.'s is #2 in our ranking of the best Booker T. & the M.G.'s guitar solos. The solo is played by Steve Cropper and the song was released in 1969.
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Who played the guitar solo on Time Is Tight?
Steve Cropper played the solo on Booker T. & the M.G.'s's Time Is Tight (1969).
What guitar was used on the Time Is Tight solo?
A fender telecaster, according to widely reported accounts.