Steve Cropper, Who Wrote '(Sittin' on) the Dock of the Bay' and 'In the Midnight Hour', Dies at 84

Brian May, Mick Fleetwood & others pay tribute to Steve Cropper

American guitarist Steve Cropper playing a Fender Telecaster guitar on stage, circa 1990. (Photo by David Redfern/Redferns/Getty Images) Queen‘s Brian May and Fleetwood Mac‘s Mick Fleetwood are among the artists paying tribute to the late Booker T. and the M.G.’s guitarist Steve Cropper, who passed away Wednesday at the age of 84. May, who appeared on Cropper and his band The Midnight Hour‘s 2024 album Friendlytown, wrote on Instagram, “We sadly…

Steve Cropper: 9 Essential Songs

Terse, taut and intrinsically bluesy — that was Steve Cropper’s guitar signature. He was an architect of 1960s Memphis soul who never wasted a note and rarely showed off. Cropper, who died Wednesday at 84, was a master of timing and spacing, of landing a few notes or a rhythm chord precisely where it would mean or imply the most, then letting silence and syncopation do the rest. As a core member of Booker T. & the MG’s, the “Memphis Group” that …

Remembering Steve Cropper's legacy in music and in Memphis

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Memphis is remembering a true music legend — Steve Cropper, whose unmistakable guitar work and songwriting shaped soul music, died Wednesday in Nashville at the age of 84. WREG took a look back at his work, especially at STAX Records in Memphis, and the impact of the music he created that helped change the world. [...]

Memphis soul guitarist Steve Cropper dead at 84

Steve Cropper, the Booker T. & the MG's guitarist and key songwriter and producer for the Memphis soul sound of Stax Records, has died aged 84, his family said.

12 Essential Steve Cropper Songs

Essential songs from soul legend Steve Cropper: "Soul Man," "(Sittin' On) the Dock of the Bay" and more

Steve Cropper, who wrote '(Sittin' on) the Dock of the Bay' and 'In the Midnight Hour', dies at 84

Cropper's very name was immortalized in the 1967 smash "Soul Man."