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 Brothers, has died. He was 84.

The Associated Press reported that Cooper died on Wednesday in Nashville. Pat Mitchell Worley, president and CEO of the Soulsville Foundation, said Cropper’s family told her about his time of death. According to AP, a cause of death was not immediately known.

Eddie Gore, a longtime associate, reportedly said he was with Cropper on Tuesday in Nashville at a rehabilitation facility, after a recent fall, according to AP. Gore also alleges that Cooper had been working on new music when he visited him at the facility.

Steve Cropper , a founding member of Booker

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