The title track from Steve Cropper’s new album Friendlytown sees the R&B legend team up with ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons. And in a ...

M.G.’s, Stax Records' celebrated house band, Steve Cropper made ripples in the guitar world that can still be felt today. He ...

Recruited for the recent Cropper tune Too Much Stress, May says the three masters fit together better than you might think ...

As the guitarist in Booker T. & the M.G.’s, the house band for Stax Records, Steve Cropper was a key figure in shaping the sound of soul music in the ’60s, backing legendary singers including Otis ...

Alex Wong, Getty Images 	WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama said he'd been looking forward to a White House celebration of Memphis soul music for one reason. 	"Let's face it ...

Celebrities having birthdays during the week of Oct. 20-26 include country singer Keith Urban, rapper-actor Drake and ...

Visit BBC Webwise for full instructions Perhaps the ultimate guitar session man, Steve Cropper talks about the guitar part in Otis Redding's posthumous 1968 hit Dock of the Bay, which he had to ...

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The new issue of Uncut – in UK shops from today or available to order direct from us by clicking here – comes with a FREE ...

Jones and the MGs (guitarist Steve Cropper, bassist Donald "Duck" Dunn and drummer Al Jackson, Jr.) also served as the Stax touring band, playing behind the above named artists on the road ...

Guests included Emmylou Harris, Don McLean, John Sebastian, and Steve Cropper. In 2023, Jay was hired by the Country Music Hall of Fame and became part of the Education Department. McDowell has ...

Guy Barker (MBE), Steve Cropper, James Burton, Dave Valentin, Roy Ayers, Mike Lindup (Level 42), Beverley Knight, Samantha Barks (Les Miserables), Catherine Tyldesley, Armando Peraza (George Shearing, ...