Duck Dunn

Donald "Duck" Dunn (November 24, 1941 – May 13, 2012) was an American bass guitarist, notable for his 1960s recordings with Booker T. & the M.G.'s and as a session bassist for Stax Records. Dunn played on thousands of records including hits by Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, Eddie Floyd and many others. Dunn grew up with fellow future professional musician Steve Cropper. After Cropper began playing guitar, Dunn decided to pick up the bass. Cropper has noted how the self-taught Dunn started out playing along with records, filling in what he thought should be there. "That's why Duck Dunn's bass lines are very unique", Cropper said, "They're not locked into somebody's schoolbook somewhere". Dunn played himself in the 1980 movie The Blues Brothers, where he famously uttered the line, "We had a band powerful enough to turn goat piss into gasoline!" On the morning of May 13, 2012, Dunn died in his sleep after finishing his fifth double show at the Blue Note night club in Tokyo with Steve Cropper the night before.

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