Butch Truck's tributes coming pouring in. LastThought & Videos

Butch Truck's tributes coming pouring in. Final Thought & Videos. 

 

    Finding out the cause of how Butch Trucks passed away broke my heart. The mental anguish and pain he must have been suffering through on a daily basis while bringing so many joy instantly brings a tear to my eye. I suffer with depression and over my lifetime a shit ton of problems. I do not pretend to understand Butch's pain, I only mention it because its 2017 and there is still a stigma around mental illness. Get over it and shine some empathy on a brother or a friend. I am glad Butch finally has peace. 

Kevin

Here are a few songs that bands have played for Butch. Bob Weir & Billy K's new band played "Mountain Song">"Death Don't have no Mercy " and other bands have plays ABB classics as well. Enjoy these three while we wait for more videos of healing. 

Tedeschi Trucks Band In Memory of Elizabeth Reed

moe Southbound 

Umphrey's McGee (minus Jake) 

Tedeschi Trucks with special guests the North Mississippi Allstars at The Palace Theatre, Columbus, OH 1/13/17 . A Photo Gallery From Steve Mack

Tedeschi Trucks with special guests the North Mississippi Allstars at The Palace Theatre, Columbus, OH 1/13/17 . A Photo Gallery From Steve Mack

 

    To call this a talented  double bill would be an understatement. The North Mississippi All Stars are worth price of admission on their own merits. Then to have the multi genre Tedeschi Trucks Band to follow must have been an awe-inspiring evening. Luckily, Grateful Music's Steve Mack was there to capture the magic through his lens. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Founding Member of The Allman Brothers Band, Butch Trucks, Dies at Age 69 By: Dan Fugate

Founding Member of The Allman Brothers Band, Butch Trucks, Dies at Age 69 By: Dan Fugate 

 

Fans of Southern Rock and jam band music lost an icon in Butch Trucks. One of the founding members of The Allman Brothers Band, Trucks died Tuesday night, January 24th, in West Palm Beach, Florida. He was 69.

While in college at Florida State University, Butch was in a number of bands including one he’d formed called Bitter Ind. It as at a Bitter Ind show in Daytona Beach that Butch met Duane and Gregg Allman. In 1969, Butch started The Allman Brothers Band with founding members Duane and Gregg Allman, Dickey Betts, Berry Oakley, and Jai Johanson. 

Trucks is preceded in death by two of his former bandmates. Guitarist Duane Allman died after a motorcycle crash in the band’s early days, 1971. He was 24. Bassist Berry Oakley also died in a motorcycle crash 13 months later, three blocks from where Allman had his accident. Oakley was also 24. 

During their 46-year career, The Allman Brothers Band became a powerhouse of Southern Rock and jam music. They were, and remain, icons of the genre. We would all be hard pressed to find a Southern Rock, country, or jam band not influenced in some way by the ABB, and in turn, Butch’s drums. 

Of Butch’s drumming, Modern Drummer Magazine wrote:

“Never in rock history did a drum duo hook up so subliminally, so consistently, and with so much swagger. Johanson and Trucks were so of one mind, in fact, that you can choose almost any early Allmans track and immediately get sucked into the rhythmic bed.”

Trucks’ nephew Derek Trucks played with the Allman Brothers Band from 1999 until the band called it quits in 2014. Derek’s younger brother Duane Trucks is the drummer for Widespread Panic and Hard Working Americans. Butch’s oldest son, Vaylor, is a member of the Yeti Trio. 

A statement from the band’s public relations team read: 

“The Trucks and Allman Brothers Band families request all of Butch’s friends and fans to please respect our privacy at this time of sadness for our loss. Butch will play on in our hearts forever.”

Keep ramblin’, Butch.