US EditionSteve Cropper, guitarist and member of Stax Records’ Booker T and the M.G.'s, has died at age 84
Steve Cropper co-wrote iconic soul hits and influenced Memphis music, with his guitar work featured on 400 recordings, the Soulsville Foundation said.
- Steve Cropper, guitarist and songwriter who co-wrote classics like " the Dock of the Bay," has died at age 84.
- Cropper was part of the celebrated Memphis backing band Booker T. and the M.G.s at Stax Records.
- Cropper's spare, catchy licks and solid rhythm guitar playing helped define the Memphis soul sound.
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* David A. Graham at The Atlantic… Steve Cropper, who died Wednesday at 84, is not a household name, but the music he made is some of the most familiar in American pop. The twanging guitar line that opens Sam & Dave’s “Soul Man”—that’s him. Same for the chugging riff on Wilson Pickett’s “In the Midnight [...]
Steve Cropper, one of the most influential guitarists of American soul and a historical member of Booker T. & the MG’s, died at 84, his family told Variety. His career was linked to the studio Stax, where he participated in recordings that defined the musical identity of the city of Memphis.
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bienpublic.comSteve Cropper, the American soul music legend, died Wednesday at the age of 84.
Sam & Dave & Wilson & Otis & Aretha & Janis & Booker: The immeasurably sensitive guitarist Steve Cropper has played for everyone – and thus shaped an entire genre forever.
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