Booker T. and M.G.’s guitarist Steve Cropper dies

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Steve Cropper, acclaimed guitarist for Booker T. and the M.G.'s, dies at 84
Steve Cropper, the lean, soulful guitarist and songwriter who helped anchor the celebrated Memphis backing band Booker T. and the M.G.'s at Stax Records and co-wrote the classics "Green Onions," " (Si...

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Steve Cropper, Blues Brothers guitarist and Stax Records legend, dies at 84
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Steve Cropper, legendary soul music songwriter and guitarist, dead at 84
Steve Cropper, the lean, soulful guitarist and songwriter who helped anchor the celebrated Memphis backing band Booker T. and the M.G.'s at Stax Records and co-wrote the classics Green Onions, (Sittin...

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"One of the hardest things I ever had to do was mix that song": A music professor breaks down Steve Cropper and Otis Redding's (Sittin’ on) The Dock of the Bay
Legendary 'Blues Brothers' guitarist Steve Cropper dies at 84
Legendary Songwriter Dies at 84 After Recent Fall: ‘Will Live Forever Through His Music’
Cropper is credited with such hits as “ (Sittin’ On) the Dock of the Bay” with Otis Redding, “Knock on Wood” with Eddie Floyd, and “In the Midnight Hour” with Wilson Pickett.

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Songwriting legend and guitarist Steve Cropper dies aged 84
Steve Cropper, Memphis soul guitarist with Booker T. & the MG's, dies at 84

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An architect of Memphis soul, Cropper made his guitar sing and sting. And as a songwriter, he collaborated on more than a few indelible anthems.
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