Steve Cropper, the trim, expressive guitarist and songwriter who was a core member of Booker T. and the M.G.’s at Stax Records and co-author of enduring hits like “Green Onions", “(Sittin’ on) the Dock of the Bay", and “In the Midnight Hour”, passed away at 84, his son Cameron confirmed the development to Variety . The cause of death has not yet been disclosed, according to AP .

Pat Mitchell Worley, president and CEO of the Soulsville Foundation, stated Cropper’s family informed her that he died on Wednesday in Nashville. The foundation runs the Stax Museum of American Soul Music in Memphis, situated on the former Stax Records site where Cropper spent many years working.

Who was Steve Cropper?

According to his website, playitsteve.com, Cropper was born near Dora, Missouri, later r

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