RIP Butch Trucks

[StarThrower]

Allman Brothers drummer Butch Trucks died today. Cause of death unknown. I caught his band last summer. They weren't that great. No strong vocals or guitar work, but Butch played with a lot of energy and heart. RIP

http://consequenceofsound.net/2017/01/r-i-p-butch-trucks-founding-member-and-drummer-of-allman-brothers-band-has-died/

[felser]

Loved the Allman Brothers in their two primes.

[jeffcrom]

As a teenaged would-be musician in Georgia, the Allman Brothers Band were heroes to me and my circle. On discovering jazz at age 15, I pretty much stopped listening to any rock, including the ABB. Through a friend's gift of a copy of Eat a Peach about 15 years ago, I rediscovered the band and became a fan to an almost obsessive degree. I only heard the band in person once, in their great final lineup, and am grateful for the experience. I loved the way the two drummers, the rock-solid Trucks and the more conversational, jazz-influenced Jaimoe, complemented each other, and how in the final lineup they adjusted to the addition of percussionist Marc Quinones to form the "three-headed percussion monster" envisioned by the late Duane Allman, but which he never lived to see.

RIP to the only member of the Allman Brothers Band who never missed a gig.

Edited January 26, 2017 by jeffcrom

[StarThrower]

Trucks's death has been officially reported as a suicide. He was having serious financial setbacks.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4157864/Allman-Brothers-drummer-Butch-Trucks-shot-head.html

[Ed S]

Very sad news indeed.  I too was a huge ABB fan back in the 70s and drifted away as I became more interested in jazz.  I started listening again in the early 2000s after Derek Trucks joined and Warren Haynes rejoined the band.  I really liked the Trucks/Haynes duo on guitars.  I particularly liked the combination of Jaimoe and Trucks and as Jeffcrom mentioned Mark Quinones.  Great stuff.

I tried to catch them before they broke up for the final time, but could not work it out.

Rest in Peace

[catesta]

16 hours ago, StarThrower said:

Trucks's death has been officially reported as a suicide. He was having serious financial setbacks.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4157864/Allman-Brothers-drummer-Butch-Trucks-shot-head.html

Damn, that is really sad. RIP Butch.

[skeith]

terribly sad to hear this and the circumstances.....the Allman Brothers and Butch were the real deal....especially the original band....

[7/4]

awful

 

[GregK]

damn

[CJ Shearn]

RIP