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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

wrote and recorded his iconic "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" with Steve Cropper. The song became the first posthumous number-one record on both the...

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...

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...

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...

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...

who was dispatched to deal with the "sweded" videos. Booker T. Jones, Steve Cropper, Donald "Duck" Dunn, Jimmy Scott and McCoy Tyner appear as Fats Waller...

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...

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...

Pittman – tenor saxophone, alto saxophone Fred Allen – background vocals Steve Cropper – producer Buddy Miles – producer, arranger Robin McBride – producer...

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

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...

the first place. The original version of "Respect" was produced by Steve Cropper, who also played instrumentals for the hit track along with William...

Rhythm (Warner Bros., 2017) That's What I Heard (Nozzle, 2020) With Steve Cropper Dedicated – A Salute to the 5 Royales (429 Records, 2011) With Sheryl...

"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...

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...

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

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...

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

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

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...

album, under his pseudonym of John Cougar. Produced by soul pioneer Steve Cropper, the album includes the Top 40 hits "Ain't Even Done with the Night"...