# Time Is Tight guitar solo

> Steve Cropper's guitar solo on Time Is Tight by Booker T. & the M.G.'s (1969). From the album Uptight. Played on a Fender Telecaster.

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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.

## In our lists

- [The Best Booker T. & the M.G.'s Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/booker-t-and-the-m-g-s-guitar-solos/) — #2

## Sources

### 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.

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