Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Steve Cropper in 1967: later that year he wrote and recorded (Sittin’ On) the Dock of the Bay with Otis Redding, who was killed in ...

Steve Cropper, the iconic and influential guitarist who defined Memphis soul with Booker T. & The MG’s, played on many Stax Records hits and with The Blues Brothers band, died Wednesday in Nashville.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Steve Cropper, influential guitarist and member of Stax Records’ Booker T and the MGs, has died at age 84.