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RIP Steve Cropper
Posted on 12/4/25 at 8:36 am
Posted on 12/4/25 at 8:36 am
Guitarist with Booker T and the MG’s, session artist with Stax records and cast member on Blues Bothers. He was 84.
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Posted on 12/4/25 at 8:50 am to Traveler
Founding Member of Murph and the Magic Tones...
Posted on 12/4/25 at 8:56 am to Lonnie Utah
Time is tight, yes it is Steve.
Posted on 12/4/25 at 10:23 am to Traveler
Horrible News...
Steve Cropper, the guitarist and songwriter who helped anchor the celebrated Memphis backing band Booker T. and the MG'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.
Pat Mitchell Worley, president and CEO of the Soulsville Foundation, said Cropper´s family told her that Cropper died on Wednesday in Nashville.
The foundation operates the Stax Museum of American Soul Music in Memphis, located at the site of the former Stax Records, where Cropper worked for years.
Steve Cropper, the guitarist and songwriter who helped anchor the celebrated Memphis backing band Booker T. and the MG'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.
Pat Mitchell Worley, president and CEO of the Soulsville Foundation, said Cropper´s family told her that Cropper died on Wednesday in Nashville.
The foundation operates the Stax Museum of American Soul Music in Memphis, located at the site of the former Stax Records, where Cropper worked for years.
This post was edited on 12/4/25 at 10:25 am
Posted on 12/4/25 at 10:33 am to ItzMe1972
Posted on 12/4/25 at 11:38 am to ItzMe1972
Posted on 12/4/25 at 12:14 pm to Traveler
quote:wiki
Green Onions
After recording, Cropper contacted Scotty Moore at Sun Records to cut a record. He then took the record to a DJ on the Memphis station WLOK, who played "Green Onions" on air. Due to positive reaction of the public to the song, it was quickly re-released as an A-side.[5]
According to Booker T. Jones, the composition was originally to be called "Funky Onions", but the sister of Jim Stewart thought it "sounded like a cuss word"; it was therefore renamed "Green Onions".[5] According to Cropper, the title is not a marijuana reference; rather, the track is named after a cat known as Green Onions, whose way of walking inspired the riff.[7][citation needed] On a broadcast of the radio program Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! on June 24, 2013, Jones was asked about the title and said, "The bass player thought it was so funky, he wanted to call it 'Funky Onions', but they thought that was too low-class, so we used 'Green Onions' instead."
Posted on 12/4/25 at 12:21 pm to Traveler
The MG’s rocked hard when they wanted to.
RIP Steve.
RIP Steve.
Posted on 12/4/25 at 12:24 pm to Traveler
Look at young Duck in that video! Was Cropper the last of the group to go?
Posted on 12/4/25 at 12:33 pm to wareaglepete
Posted on 12/4/25 at 12:50 pm to Traveler
He and Duck are putting together a band in heaven that can turn goat piss into gasoline.
Posted on 12/4/25 at 1:22 pm to JackieTreehorn
If the shite fits, wear it!
Posted on 12/4/25 at 1:31 pm to wareaglepete
Move over god damn it!
Posted on 12/4/25 at 2:53 pm to Traveler
play it, Steve
Posted on 12/4/25 at 2:55 pm to FearlessFreep
I just recently bought the new Rhino vinyl reissues of the Stax/Volt singles and I had forgotten how much absolute gold is in there. Unbelievable how much quality music came off mclemore Ave.
Posted on 12/4/25 at 3:26 pm to JackieTreehorn
Just a few of the top performers they played with.
Posted on 12/4/25 at 3:39 pm to wareaglepete
Was Cropper the last of the group to go?
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Booker T. Jones is still kicking.
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Booker T. Jones is still kicking.
Posted on 12/4/25 at 7:30 pm to ItzMe1972
I was lucky enough to get to meet and hang out with him at a bar here in Nashville. I bought him a drink and then he bought the next round. Got to tell him how much his music had meant to me and then just shot the shite. Really cool dude. Rest easy.
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