StarThrower Posted January 25, 2017 Report Share Posted January 25, 2017 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/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felser Posted January 25, 2017 Report Share Posted January 25, 2017 Loved the Allman Brothers in their two primes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffcrom Posted January 26, 2017 Report Share Posted January 26, 2017 (edited) 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarThrower Posted January 26, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2017 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed S Posted January 27, 2017 Report Share Posted January 27, 2017 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catesta Posted January 27, 2017 Report Share Posted January 27, 2017 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skeith Posted January 27, 2017 Report Share Posted January 27, 2017 terribly sad to hear this and the circumstances.....the Allman Brothers and Butch were the real deal....especially the original band.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted January 27, 2017 Report Share Posted January 27, 2017 awful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregK Posted January 28, 2017 Report Share Posted January 28, 2017 damn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ Shearn Posted January 31, 2017 Report Share Posted January 31, 2017 RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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