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The iconic guitarist Steve Cropper, member of the famed band Booker T & the MGs, has died aged 84
The legendary guitarist Steve Cropper, the renowned guitarist with the seminal soul group Booker T & the MGs, has left us at the age of 84.
The artist, who performed on and co-wrote the classic song Sittin' On the Dock of the Bay and Wilson Pickett's In the Midnight Hour, died on Wednesday in the city of Nashville.
Often cited among the finest backing bands in soul music, the four-piece band the MGs was the core musical unit of the historic Memphis label Stax and is primarily known for their 1962 track Green Onions.
Cropper went on to join the comedy music group The Blues Brothers in the late 1970s and played on their successful version of Soul Man.
"Steve was a beloved musician, songwriter, and producer whose immense talent impacted countless people around the world," his family expressed in a statement.
"While we mourn the loss of a husband, father, and friend, we take solace knowing that Steve will be remembered through his music," they continued.
A specific cause was not immediately known.
A colleague, Eddie Gore, mentioned he was with Cropper just the day before in Nashville, where the guitarist was in the process of creating new music.
"He's such a wonderful human," Gore commented. "We were fortunate to have him, for sure."
An Illustrious Journey
Voted the number two guitarist of all time by a UK publication in 1996, Cropper first found employment at Stax in 1961 at the age of 20.
A year later, the MGs were formed, comprising keyboardist Booker T Jones, drummer Al Jackson and bassist Lewie Steinberg - who was succeeded by Donald "Duck" Dunn in 1964.
The band was honored by inclusion in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992.
"I've always thought of myself as a rhythm guitarist," Cropper said in a previous conversation. "I get off on the fact that I can play something repeatedly, while other guitar players don't want to even know about that. They refuse to play the same phrase twice."
Not only was he a guitarist, Cropper was a productive songwriter, and in addition to Dock of the Bay and In the Midnight Hour, he collaborated on Eddie Floyd's hit Knock on Wood.
According to his official biography, he was "involved in virtually every record put out by Stax from late 1961 through 1970".
"We would often spend long days in the studio," Cropper noted in an interview. "I think we had a roster of artists on the roster, so we had a pretty busy schedule."
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