Co-wrote "Sittin on the Dock of the Bay", with Otis Redding.
Elected to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (as a member of Booker T. & the M.G.s ) in 1992.
Long regarded as one of the finest studio guitarists in the music industry, he has been most closely associated with the Stax Records label in Memphis, TN, and was one of the pioneers in what has come to be regarded as "The Memphis Sound".
Member of The Mar-Keys, who had a #1 hit song in the early '60s, "Last Night".
During the Blues Brothers cover of Soul Man, Jake (John Belushi) says "Play it Steve." to him just like Dave (of Sam & Dave) did during the original record.