“My playing has always sucked, but it sells,” Steve Cropper told Total Guitar in 2024. “I keep it simple, I guess. I'm not a guitar player. I never took the time.” Cropper — the electric guitar legend ...

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 “Green Onions,” ...

“Play it, Steve,” Sam Moore chants during the chorus of 1967’s “Soul Man,” and it’s no mystery why. “Play it, Steve,” Sam Moore chants during the chorus of 1967’s “Soul Man,” and it’s no mystery why.