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Steve Cropper, Blues Brothers band member and Booker T. & the MG’s guitarist, has died. He was 84.
Pat Mitchell Worley, president and CEO of the Soulsville Foundation, told the Associated Press that Cropper’s family notified her of his death. Cropper died Wednesday in Nashville, according to Worley.
Worley’s foundation operates at the Stax Museum of American Soul Music in Memphis, where Cropper’s former employer, Stax Records, used to be.
Legendary guitarist Steve Cropper has died at 84. (Scott Dudelson/Getty Images)
A cause of death for Cropper has not been shared. Eddie Gore, a longtime friend of Cropper, told the outlet that he visited the musician at a rehabilitation center on Tuesday. Gore said that he suffered a recent fall and was working with Cropper on producing new music.
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“He’s such a good human. We were blessed to have him, for sure,” Gore told the outlet.
“He’s such a good human. We were blessed to have him, for sure.”
Cropper was a key figure in shaping the Memphis music scene. Cropper’s name is featured in Sam & Dave’s 1967 hit “Soul Man.” Sam Moore says “Play it, Steve!” before the guitarist takes it away.
In 2020, Cropper spoke to the Associated Press about his career.
Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi with Steve Cropper in back performing with The Blues Brothers in 1980. (Ebet Roberts/Redferns)
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Steve Cropper, founding member of Booker T. & the MG’s and the Blues Brothers Band, performed in 2018. (Getty Images)
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“I listen to the other musicians and the singer. I’m not listening to just me. I make sure I’m sounding OK before we start the session. Once we’ve presented the song, then I listen to the song and the way they interpret it. And I play around all that stuff. That’s what I do. That’s my style,” Cropper said at the time.
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Al Jackson, Booker T. Jones, Donald ‘Duck’ Dunn, and Steve Cropper of the R&B band Booker T & the MGs in 1968. (Getty Images)
Cropper is most known for his time in Booker T. & the MG’s. The band consisted of Cropper, keyboard player Booker T. Jones, bassist Donald “Duck” Dunn and drummer Al Jackson. They were a racially integrated band, which was rare for the time.
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“When you walked in the door at Stax, there was absolutely no color. We were all there for the same reason — to get a hit record,” Cropper told AP in 2020.
Steve Cropper playing a Fender Telecaster guitar on stage, circa 1990. (David Redfern/Redferns/Getty Images)
Cropper was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2005.
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