Steven Lee Cropper (born October 21, 1941), sometimes known as "The Colonel", is an American guitarist, songwriter and record producer. He is the guitarist...

original members of the group were Booker T. Jones (organ, piano), Steve Cropper (guitar), Lewie Steinberg (bass), and Al Jackson Jr. (drums). In the...

also pursued interests in music: with Aykroyd, Lou Marini, Tom Malone, Steve Cropper, Donald "Duck" Dunn, and Paul Shaffer, he founded The Blues Brothers...

& engineer Jim Stewart and songwriters including the MGs' guitarist Steve Cropper, who wrote or co-wrote four of their first eight recordings. The duo...

Stax Records with Al Jackson on drums, Lewie Steinberg on bass, and Steve Cropper on guitar. They started jamming in the studio one Sunday when a recording...

Bay" is a song co-written by soul singer Otis Redding and guitarist Steve Cropper. Redding recorded it twice in 1967, including just three days before...

notable American musicians, including Brian McKnight, Robin Thicke, Steve Cropper, John Mayer, Jordin Sparks, Eve and Lupe Fiasco. "Battle Scars", a collaboration...

Caps, was also an early musical influence, followed by B. B. King and Steve Cropper. Beck considered Lonnie Mack "a rock guitarist [who] was unjustly overlooked...

and riding his bike with another future professional musician, Steve Cropper. After Cropper began playing guitar with their friend Charlie Freeman, Dunn...

"Memphis soul in all its unpretentious, down-home glory". According to Steve Cropper, lead guitarist for Booker T. & the M.G.'s, the Stax Recording Studio...

wrote and recorded his iconic "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" with Steve Cropper. Released in January 1968, the song became the first posthumous number-one...

features many of Stax's house musicians, including Donald "Duck" Dunn, Steve Cropper, Booker T. Jones, and Isaac Hayes. The album's cover photo shows Delaney...

guitar throughout the album Friendlytown, released in August of 2024 by Steve Cropper & the Midnight Hour. Gibbons had a recurring role on the Fox network...

group after the "5" Royales, and both Eric Clapton and Stax guitarist Steve Cropper cited Pauling as a key influence. The Rolling Stones singer Mick Jagger...

before the song's fade. The exclamation "Play it, Steve" heard in the song refers to guitarist Steve Cropper of Booker T. & the M.G.'s, the house band who...

Stevie Nicks 2011: Dedicated – A Salute to the 5 Royales – Steve Cropper 2014: Live – Steve Ferrone & Friends 2014: Hypnotic Eye – Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers...

of artists, including the Blues Brothers and Roy Buchanan (both with Steve Cropper on guitar), as well as The Ventures, Al Kooper, The Shadows, Mongo Santamaría...

in Nashville, and features notable local session musicians, such as Steve Cropper and ex-Presley guitarist Reggie Young. Frank Black had discussed making...

studio across town. Mar-Keys member Steve Cropper replaced Moman as Stewart's assistant and A&R director. Cropper would quickly become a writer, producer...

album The Exciting Wilson Pickett. The song was composed by Pickett and Steve Cropper at the historic Lorraine Motel in Memphis, later (April 1968) the site...

the M.G.'s: Booker T. Jones on organ, Donald "Duck" Dunn on bass, and Steve Cropper on guitar. Joining them was drummer Anton Fig filling in for the late...

Jones met record clerk Steve Cropper, who would become one of the MGs when the group formed in 1962. Besides Jones on organ and Cropper on guitar, Booker T...

as Sam Cooke, Eddie Floyd, Roy Head, and Smokey Robinson. Guitarist Steve Cropper contributed guitar on the album and is also credited as the co-author...

and made up of experienced musicians of the time, including Steve "The Colonel" Cropper, Donald "Duck" Dunn, Matt "Guitar" Murphy, "Blue" Lou Marini...

vocals Booker T. Jones – keyboards, piano Isaac Hayes – keyboards, piano Steve Cropper – guitar Donald Dunn – bass guitar Al Jackson Jr. – drums Wayne Jackson...

2:39 "May I Baby" (Hayes, Porter) - 2:38 "Broke Down Piece of Man" (Steve Cropper, Joe Shamwell) - 2:46 "Let It Be Me" (Gilbert Bécaud, Mann Curtis, Pierre...

gold disc. The lineup for this recording included the Royal Spades' Steve Cropper (normally a guitarist, here playing second keyboard; producer Chips...

Brothers Band were themselves notable. Steve Cropper and Donald Dunn are architects of the Stax Records sound (Cropper plays guitar at the start of the Sam...

Jackson Jr. was swinging that damn band like a pro. Future bandmates Steve Cropper and Donald "Duck" Dunn first heard Jackson playing in Mitchell's band...

officially disbanded. Two years later Hall, along with guitarist Steve "The Colonel" Cropper and bass player Donald "Duck" Dunn became a member of The Blues...