Steve Cropper, RIP

[GA Russell]

Steve Cropper has died at 84.  RIP.

Steve Cropper, guitarist and member of Stax Records' Booker T and the MG.'s, has died at age 84

[ep1str0phy]

Damn. Cropper was one of my favorite guitarists in that idiom. His work with Otis Redding and Booker T and the MG's was epochal. I'm struggling to think of a single Stax record that he featured on that I dislike - it's all eminently listenable.

[mikeweil]

Cropper's guitar sound was with me from the first years I started listening to muisc. A Booker T. & The M.G.s LP was among my first five LPs I ever bought. Here was a guy opting for a group sound rather than playing ego trips. That was a role model for me, even though I never played a guitar.

R.I.P., and thanks for your great attitude.

[romualdo]

RIP Steve - you were an indispensable contributor to the magnificent "Stax" sound but my fondest memories were your (& the M.G.s) appearances on The Blues Brothers movie back in the 80s.

He played here (Australia) at the Blues & Roots Festival (Byron Bay) in 2018

[gvopedz]

RIP

[JSngry]

One of a kind 

[Andrea]

RIP

[felser]

RIP.  Have so much Stax stuff he's on.

[John L]

RIP to one of the greats