{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-cohens-statement-passing-steve-cropper", "Congressman Cohen\u2019s Statement on the Passing of Steve Cropper", "2025-12-04", "2025", "2025-12", "Democrat", "House", "TN", "Steve Cohen", "C001068", "cohen.house.gov", "cohen", "https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) was saddened by the news of Steve Cropper\u2019s passing and made the following statement:\n\n\u201cThere was no music more associated with Memphis than \u2013 not white, not yellow, not Vidalia \u2013 but \u2018Green Onions.\u2019 It became the background music of so many movies and was a standard covered by countless bands in clubs, bars and restaurants. Some say Steve Cropper was the greatest guitar player in the world, and he was a great songwriter. I was present in 2016 when he donated three Fender guitars and an amplifier to the Smithsonian\u2019s National Museum of American History, one guitar played on Otis Redding\u2019s \u2018(Sittin\u2019 on) the Dock of the Bay,\u2019 another played in a scene from the movie \u2018The Blues Brothers.\u2019 A graduate of Messick High School and a founder of Booker T and the MGs, Hall of Famer Steve Cropper will always be known for his Memphis roots and his contribution to the Stax sound.\u201d\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:09:11Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-cohens-statement-passing-steve-cropper"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.7532957717776299, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}