| Biography | Steven Lee Cropper (born October 21, 1941) is an American guitarist, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known as the guitarist of the Stax Records house band, Booker T. & the M.G.'s, which backed artists such as Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, Carla Thomas, Rufus Thomas and Johnnie Taylor. He also acted as the producer of many of these records. He was later a member of the Blues Brothers band. Rolling Stone magazine ranked him 39th on its list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time.
Born on a farm near Dora, Missouri, Cropper moved with his family to Memphis at the age of nine. Bitten by the music bug, Cropper acquired his first mail order guitar at the age of 14. |