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Steve Cropper

Eric Clapton, Brian May, Billy Gibbons, Ronnie Wood guest on posthumous album from the late Steve Cropper

By Paul Brannigan published

Watching The Tide, the forthcoming album from Steve Cropper & The Midnight Hour, will feature a host of guitar legends

Bands & Artists
Otis Redding in 1966

The trauma behind Otis Redding's tragic classic (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay

By Rob Hughes published

Written by Otis Redding and his guitarist/producer Steve Cropper, (Sittin’ On) The Dock Of The Bay became one of the truly great songs

Tracks & Singles
Steve Cropper in 1973

Soul guitar legend and Blues Brother Steve Cropper dead at 84

By Fraser Lewry published

Cropper was co-founder of Stax's legendary house band Booker T. & the M.G.'s

Bands & Artists
Steve Cropper & The Midnight Hours: Friendlytown cover art

Steve Cropper is a sublimely understated presence with The Midnight Hour on Friendlytown

By Kris Needs published

Stax legend Steve Cropper fires up the protest soul

Albums
Steve Cropper

Steve Cropper interview: Jimi Hendrix, John Belushi, and celebrity cowbell

By Rob Hughes published

If you’ve ever heard anything on the Stax Records label, then you’ve probably heard Steve Cropper's masterful guitar playing. He might well have written and produced it too

Interviews
Steve Cropper: Fire It Up

Steve Cropper's Fire It Up is timeless, spine-tingling and funky

By Kris Needs published

Steve Cropper, legendary studio backbone of Stax Records, releases Fire It Up, his "first proper album" since 1967

Albums