Steve Cropper of Booker T & The MG's died aged 84 on 3 December

Cropper shaped the sound of Memphis soul as an original member of the Stax Records house band.

Cropper was an original member of the Stax Records house band Booker T. & the M.G.’s, alongside organist Booker T. Jones, bassist Donald “Duck” Dunn, and drummer Al Jackson Jr. His guitar can be heard on recordings by Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, and Carla and Rufus Thomas. In addition to backing up other artists, Booker T. and the M.G.’s released instrumental records under their own name—the best known of which is 1962’s “Green Onions.” They were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1992.