Dec 05, 2025
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Steve Cropper, legendary guitarist for The Blues Brothers and Booker T. & MG, died Wednesday night in Nashville at the age of 84.
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Pat Mitchell Worley, president and CEO of the Soulsville Foundation, told The Associated Press that Cropper's family had notified him of his death.Cropper died Wednesday in Nashville, Worley said.
The Worley Foundation operates out of the Stax Museum of American Soul Music in Memphis, where Cropper's former employer, Stax Records, was located.
Cropper's cause of death was not shared.Eddie Gore, a longtime friend of Cropper, told the outlet that he visited the musician at a rehabilitation center on Tuesday.Gore said he recently suffered a fall and was working with Cropper on new music.
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"He's a good guy. We're certainly blessed to have him," Gore told the outlet.
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Cropper was a key figure in shaping Memphis' music.Cropper's name is featured on Sam & Dave's 1967 Sam Moore says "Play it, Steve!"before the guitar takes off.
In 2020, Cropper spoke with partners about his work.
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"I listen to the other musicians and the singer. I listen not only to myself. I'll make sure I sound good before we start the session. After we present the song, I listen to the song and how they interpret it. And I play around it all. This is what I do. This is my style," Cropper said at the time.
Cropper is best known for his role in Booker T. & the MG.The band consisted of Cropper, keyboardist Booker T. Jones, bassist Donald "Duck" Dunn and drummer Al Jackson.They were a racially integrated group, which was a rarity for the time.
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"When you went into the stacks, there was no color. We were all there for the same reason — to get a hit," Cropper told the AP in 2020.
Cropper was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2005.
