Steve Cropper, Booker T. & the M.G.’s and Stax Records Guitarist, Dead at 84

Steve Cropper, the Rock Hall-inducted guitarist who helped form the sound of "Memphis soul" with Stax Records, has died at the age of 84.
The New York Times

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. Steve Cropper in 1973. His guitar licks could ...
WTVC

Trump crime task force arrests in Memphis strain Tennessee courts and jails

A former criminal judge in Alabama is on the other side of the law after a jury found him guilty of living a lavish lifestyle on the taxpayers' dime. Proposed Tennessee handgun permit rule would ban ...
Associated Press

Thousands of arrests by Trump’s crime-fighting task force in Memphis strain crowded jail and courts

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