Steve Cropper

pWotD Episode 3138: Steve Cropper Welcome to popular Wiki of the Day, spotlighting Wikipedia's most visited pages, giving you a peek into what the world is curious about today. With 151,245 views on Thursday, 4 December 2025 our article of the day is Steve Cropper. Steven Lee Cropper (October 21, 1941 – December 3, 2025), sometimes known as "The Colonel", was an American guitarist, songwriter and record producer. He was the guitarist of the Stax Records house band, Booker T. & the M. G.'s, which backed artists such as Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett, 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 36th on its list of the 100 greatest guitarists, while he won two Grammy Awards from his seven nominations. This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 03:57 UTC on Friday, 5 December 2025. For the full current version of the article, see Steve Cropper on Wikipedia . This podcast uses content from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Visit our archives at wikioftheday.com and subscribe to stay updated on new episodes. Follow us on Mastodon at @[email protected] . Also check out Curmudgeon's Corner , a current events podcast. Until next time, I'm neural Kevin.