Classic Hits

Butch Trucks, Allman Brothers Drummer, Passes

todayJanuary 25, 2017

Background
share close

2016 was a devastating year for losing our favorite stars and now 2017 is off to a sad start. Butch Trucks, the original Allman Brothers drummer, has died at the age of 69. The cause of death is unknown.

Claude Hudson “Butch” Trucks, born in Jacksonville in 1947, began playing drums while in high school, joining Englewood High School’s band. Butch also played in two marching bands, choosing the tympani. Butch is considered one of the founding fathers of beat for Sothern Rock, a genre that dominate the 70s.

He and fellow drummer, Jai Johanny Johanson, laid down the beat of the best southern rock produced in the early 70s and 80s. The Allman Brothers recorded 18 LPs including the legendary ‘At Fillmore East.’

Butch stayed with the Allman Brothers Band until they disbanded in 2014.


Photo credit: Benoit Daoust / Shutterstock.com

Written by: Vipology Staff Writer

Rate it

Previous post

Hollywood

Mary Tyler Moore Passes Away

Mary Tyler Moore, legendary TV actress and Broadway star has died at the age of 80. Mary had been battling diabetes for years, but succumbed earlier today. Mary was born in Brooklyn in 1936, moving with her family to Los Angles at the age of eight. After graduating from high school, she took the job as ‘Happy Hotpoint’ the merry elf for Hotpoint Appliances. The commercial ran in the wildly […]

todayJanuary 25, 2017


Subscribe

LISTEN WITH YOUR APP

0%