Steve Cropper, the legendary guitarist for Booker T & The MG, who also worked with Otis Redding and the Blues Brothers, died on Wednesday at the age of 84, the American magazine confirmed. diverse The musician’s son, Cameron. Cropper was a soul music guitarist, performer, producer and songwriter for the Stax Records label.
Cropper is best known for his signature solo performances in the multiethnic instrumental group Booker T. & the MG’s. However, his work also inspired dozens of songs, some of which he produced or engineered himself, that were recorded in the Stax Records studio by soul greats like Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett, Sam and Dave, Rufus, Carla Thomas and Eddie Floyd, he explains. diverse.
In 1996, the British monthly music magazine Mojo named him the second greatest guitarist of all time, after Jimi Hendrix. As a composer, he has co-written MG’s songs Green onions, Soul forgetfulness and Time is tightas well as great R&B songs like (sitting on) the bay pier and Mr. pitiful from reading, At midnight and 634-5789 From Beckett, Knock on wood and Raise your hand Floyd, W Seesaw and Suki Suki By Don Covay.
Although Cropper’s association with Stax ended amid management problems in 1970, the group regrouped to record and tour throughout the 1970s and 1990s, supporting artists such as Bob Dylan, John Fogerty, Neil Young, and the band’s Levon Helm, he recalls. diverse.
Cropper’s most notable work in recent years has been his role as lead guitarist for The Blues Brothers, John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd’s music group.