Guitarist Steve Cropper during rehearsals before Otis Redding’s concert at the Olympia, Paris, March 21, 1967. JEAN-PIERRE LELOIR/GAMMA-RAPHO
Steve Cropper was one of those towering figures working behind the scenes who helped shape the history of popular music. A pillar of Stax Records – a label that, alongside Motown, shaped the very foundations of soul – the American guitarist, songwriter and producer died on Wednesday, December 3, in Nashville, Tennessee. He was 84 years old.
