Nobody else plays like Booker T and the MGs did, and that's because no one can play like Booker T Jones, Steve Cropper, 'Duck ...

On March 24, 1985, a Soviet sentry shot and killed U.S. Army Maj. Arthur D. "Nick" Nicholson. He was the last American killed in the line of duty during the Cold War. The U.S. Department of War ...

This is FRESH AIR. I'm David Bianculli. Steve Cropper, the guitarist whose influential work for Stax Records in Memphis helped define soul music in the 1960s and '70s died Wednesday in Nashville. He ...

He also was a producer and a songwriter. The No. 1 R&B hits he helped write included Otis Redding's " (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay," Eddie Floyd's "Knock On Wood" and Wilson Pickett's "In The ...

GROSS: That's Wilson Pickett "In The Midnight Hour," co-written by my guest Steve Cropper, who's featured on guitar. You also did a lot of work playing behind Sam & Dave, and Sam & Dave were the ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — 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 ...