Blues veteran recalls the “reefer” moment that landed him a job with his hero, the Gibson archtop that’s seen in the movie, ...

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Steve Cropper, guitarist for Booker T. & the MG's, Otis Redding, the Blues Brothers and many more, has died. He was 84.

The songwriter, two-time Grammy winner and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer riffed on “Soul Man,” “Green Onions” and “(Sittin’ on) ...

As a member of Booker T. & the MG’s and as a producer, he played a pivotal role in the rise of Stax Records, a storied force in R&B in the 1960s and ’70s.

Cropper surely gave his complete dedication and considerable talent to serve the artist and the song, as Mojo magazine noted.

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What Chet Atkins was to Nashville country, what Jerry Garcia was to West Coast rock, Steve Cropper was to Memphis and the foundations of Southern soul - a key architect of an American sound that ...

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Stacie Huckeba Guitarist Steve Cropper, whose influence echoed across the Bible Belt and beyond with impressionistic soul licks rooted in ...

Actor Ethan Hawke joined his son Levon to pay tribute to playwright Tom Stoppard following news of his death Saturday. The father-son duo posted an Instagram video featuring Ethan reading a monologue ...