The rocker also co-wrote classic songs like Otis Redding's "(Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay" Rachel DeSantis is a senior writer on the music team at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2019, ...

Steve Cropper, an absolute legendary guitarist with Stax Records backup band Booker T. and the M.G.'s who co-wrote some all-time great hits, died at the age of 84. What was the cause of death? Per the ...

Memphis, Tenn. — Steve Cropper, the lean, soulful guitarist and songwriter who helped anchor the celebrated Memphis backing band Booker T. and the M.G.’s at Stax Records and co-wrote the classics ...

Steve Cropper, Blues Brothers band member and Booker T. & the MG's guitarist, has died. He was 84. Pat Mitchell Worley, president and CEO of the Soulsville Foundation, told The Associated Press that ...

Steve Cropper, the iconic and influential guitarist who defined Memphis soul with Booker T. & The MG’s, played on many Stax ...

Guitarist Steve Cropper, who left an indelible impression on Memphis soul music as an instrumentalist, producer and songwriter at Stax Records, has died, his son Cameron confirmed to Variety on ...

Steve Cropper, the legendary guitarist who was a session musician with Stax Records in the '60s, has died. He was 84. The Missouri-born guitarist played on dozens of hit records over the decades, ...

On this day (November 24) in 1993, Albert Collins died after a short battle with cancer in his Las Vegas, Nevada, home. He was 61 years old. Throughout his career, Collins made a name for himself with ...