“My mom said, ‘I’ll lend you a quarter if you become a guitar player.’ I think I did!”: Legendary guitarist Steve Cropper dies aged 84

Steve Cropper in 2007.

The legendary guitar player Steve Cropper has died aged 84.

As the guitarist in Booker T. & the M.G.’s, the house band for Stax Records, Cropper was a key figure in shaping the sound of soul music in the ’60s, backing legendary singers including Otis Redding and Wilson Pickett.