(Steve Cropper) Blues Brothers Rock & Roll HOF Guitarist Dies at 84 [View all]

Source: The Guardian

Adrian Horton
Wed 3 Dec 2025 17.17 EST

Prolific musician was known for work on songs like Green Onions and Otis Redding's (Sittin' on) the Dock of the Bay
Steve Cropper, the legendary guitarist whose work as an instrumentalist, producer and songwriter at Stax Records left an indelible impression on Memphis soul music, has died at the age of 84.

Hs son Cameron confirmed his death to Variety.

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, and Eddie Floyd.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/dec/03/steve-cropper-death

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I have posted the Steppenwolf version...........

The song Sookie Sookie was written by Don Covay and Steve Cropper and was first recorded and released by Don Covay & The Goodtimers in 1966.