"A prolific musician, Cropper was best known as the guitarist in Booker T & the MGs, an interracial soul quartet widely considered the best backing band in soul music, and perhaps still best remembered for their timeless blues track Green Onions. But Cropper's distinctive guitar work animated many of the tracks out of Stax Records, the influential Memphis soul label that released a string of international hits by such soul luminaries as Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett, Sam & Dave, Rufus and Carla Thomas,"
"Cropper played, and sometimes produced and engineered, on the MG tracks Soul-Limbo and Time is Tight, and such huge R&B hits as Redding's (Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay and Mr Pitiful; on Pickett's In the Midnight Hour and 634-5789; on Floyd's Knock On Wood and Raise Your Hand; and Don Covay's See Saw and Sookie Sookie. In 1996, British music magazine Mojo declared Cropper the second-best guitarist of all time, behind only Jimi Hendrix."
Steve Cropper died at age 84, his son Cameron confirmed the death. Cropper was a guitarist, producer and songwriter central to Memphis soul at Stax Records. He served as the guitarist in Booker T & the MGs and helped create the signature track Green Onions. Cropper played, produced and engineered on MG tracks such as Soul-Limbo and Time Is Tight and on R&B hits including (Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay, In the Midnight Hour, Knock On Wood and See Saw. He began working at the Stax store and studio in 1961 after playing with saxophonist Charles Packy Axton. The MGs served as the Stax house backing band, helping cut records for dozens of artists.
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