Steve Cropper
Bill Wasserzieher, Blues Revue, January 2001
GUITAR HEROES come cloaked in the mystique of the iconic loner. We call them guitar-slingers because they are like western heroes who ride into town alone, use their guns to set things right and then ride out again alone.
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