Steve Cropper, legendary Blues Brothers and Booker T & the MGs guitarist, dies aged 84

Steve Cropper, the legendary Blues Brothers member and Booker T. & the MG’s guitarist, has died at the age of 84, the Soulsville Foundation has announced. The iconic guitarist was considered one of the greatest of all time.

Pat Mitchell Worley, president and CEO of the Soulsville Foundation, said Cropper’s family told her that the guitarist died on Wednesday in Nashville, per the associted press.

It operates the Stax Museum of American Soul Music in Memphis, on the grounds of the former Stax Records, where Cropper worked for many years and cemented his place in music history.

As of today, no cause of death has been immediately known. Steve Cropper’s longtime associate, Eddie Gore, stated that he was with the legendary guitarist at a rehabilitation clinic on Tuesday. Cropper had a recent fall.

Gore stated that Steve had been working on new music, calling the musician “such a good human” and that they were “blessed to have him.”

Steve Cropper, the legendary ‘Blues Brothers’ guitarist, dead at 84