The bass player on the tour was Donald “Duck” Dunn. Cropper had been his childhood friend and when Steve took up the guitar, Duck went to the bass.

Bass player and songwriter Donald "Duck" Dunn, a member of the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame band Booker T. and the MGs and the Blues Brothers band, has died in Tokyo. He was 70.

Edgy and direct, this Donald ‘Duck’ Dunn line from the 1980 film The Blues Brothers is a fitting eulogy for the legendary bassist, who passed away on May 13 2012.

Donald "Duck" Dunn, bass player for the influential studio band Booker T. and the MGs, died this morning at the age of 70. Dunn was in Japan at the time, playing a series of shows at the Blue Note ...

Legendary bass player Donald "Duck" Dunn, who lived in Manatee County in recent years after a career that included work with Booker T and the MGs and a spot in "The Blues Brothers" with Dan Akroyd ...

Donald “Duck” Dunn, who played on hundreds of rock and soul classics as the bassist for Booker T. and the MGs, and later as a session player, passed away Sunday morning at the age of 70. Steve Cropper ...

Donald "Duck" Dunn, the bassist best know to the '80s generation as a member of the The Blues Brothers, died Sunday at age 70.

Donald 'Duck' Dunn has died, aged 70. The musician was best known for being the bass player for the legendary Booker T & the MGs, but also appeared on such classics as Otis Redding's 'Respect' and ...

Bassist Donald "Duck" Dunn, a member of Booker T. & the MGs whose thick bottom grooves anchored many of the classic soul hits from the 1960s, has died on tour in Japan, his friend and bandmate ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald “Duck” Dunn, the bassist who helped create the gritty Memphis soul sound at Stax Records in the 1960s as part of the legendary group Booker T. and the MGs and ...