Steve Cropper, guitarist and member of Stax Records’ Booker T and the M.G.’s, dies at 84

Steve Cropper, guitarist and member of Stax Records’ Booker T and the M.G.’s, dies at 84

Guitarist, songwriter and record producer Steve Cropper in Nashville, Tenn. (AP)

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — 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’ on) the Dock of the Bay” and “In the Midnight Hour,” has died. He was 84.

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