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Steve Cropper, Guitarist for Stax Records, Booker T. & the M.G.’s and The Blues Brothers, Dies at 84

Steve Cropper, a founding member of Booker T. & the M.G.’s whose distinctive funky guitar licks graced R&B and soul hits from the iconic Stax Records label and on tracks performed by The Blues Brother...

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Steve Cropper, Legendary Guitarist for Booker T. & the MG’s, Otis Redding and the Blues Brothers, Dies at 84

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Steve Cropper, Stax and soul guitar legend, Booker T. & the MG’s co-founder, dies at 84

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Celebrated soul guitarist Steve Cropper dies aged 84

Steve Cropper, the guitarist and songwriter who helped anchor celebrated Memphis backing band Booker T and the MGs at Stax Records, has died at the age of 84.

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Remembering Steve Cropper's legacy in music and in Memphis

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Steve Cropper, guitarist and member of Stax Records' Booker T and the M.G.'s, dies at 84

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Steve Cropper, Guitarist, Songwriter and Shaper of Memphis Soul Music, Dies at 84

As a member of Booker T. & the MG’s and as a producer, he played a pivotal role in the rise of Stax Records, a storied force in R&B in the 1960s and ’70s.

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Memphis soul guitarist Steve Cropper dead at 84

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Steve Cropper, Soul Architect And Guitar Pioneer, Dies At 84

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Legendary Guitarist Phil Upchurch Has Passed Away

Phil Upchurch, legendary guitarist and composer who played for Quincy Jones, Donny Hathaway and Michael Jackson, has passed away at age 84.

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Phil Upchurch, Guitarist and Composer for Michael Jackson and Curtis Mayfield, Dies at 84

Phil Upchurch, a guitarist who played with Quincy Jones, Donny Hathaway and Michael Jackson, died on Nov. 23 at 84 years old.

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Guitarist for R&B, Jazz Greats Dies in Fort Worth

Cornell Dupree Jr., a guitarist who played on R&B and jazz hits with artists including Aretha Franklin and Miles Davis, has died. He was 68. Dupree died Sunday at home in Fort Worth. His funeral is set for Friday. Just out of high school, he went to work ...

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R&B guitarist Phelps ‘Catfish’ Collins dies

R&B guitarist Phelps "Catfish" Collins, a veteran of James Brown's J.B.'s, Parliament-Funkadelic and his younger brother William "Bootsy" Collins' Rubber Band, died of cancer last Friday at his home in Cincinnati. He as 66. By Gary Graff, Billboard, The ...

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Earl King, 69; R&B; Guitarist Was a Prolific Songwriter

NEW ORLEANS — Earl King, the songwriter and guitarist responsible for some of the most enduring and idiosyncratic compositions in R&B;, has died. He was 69. King died Thursday from complications related to diabetes. Over a 50-year career, King wrote and ...