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Title: RIP Butch Trucks
Post by: lowend1 on January 25, 2017, 10:24:23 AM
And so it continues...
http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music/butch-trucks-allman-brothers-band-drummer-dead-69-article-1.2955241
Title: Re: RIP Butch Trucks
Post by: Highlander on January 25, 2017, 02:29:44 PM
Damn... rip... :sad:
Title: Re: RIP Butch Trucks
Post by: Hörnisse on January 25, 2017, 06:36:00 PM
 :sad:

(http://i68.tinypic.com/6e44uq.jpg)
Title: Re: RIP Butch Trucks
Post by: Basvarken on January 26, 2017, 02:03:03 AM
RIP Butch Trucks.

Get used to it guys. Rock musicians are a dying breed...
Title: Re: RIP Butch Trucks
Post by: Dave W on January 26, 2017, 02:15:38 PM
Multiple sources are now saying that he shot himself in front of his wife, and that he had major financial troubles.

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music/butch-trucks-allman-brothers-band-drummer-committed-suicide-article-1.2956545
Title: Re: RIP Butch Trucks
Post by: Rob on January 26, 2017, 04:52:47 PM
I read that as well.
Too bad
Title: Re: RIP Butch Trucks
Post by: uwe on January 27, 2017, 07:59:56 AM
Why is is that always Southern Rock bands like the Allmans or Lynyrd Skynyrd are ridden with tragedy in their ranks?

Given his long tenure with the Allman Brothers up until comparatively recently (2014 - their official split), I'm surprised about his financial difficulties.   
Title: Re: RIP Butch Trucks
Post by: gweimer on January 27, 2017, 11:18:57 AM
Quote from: uwe on January 27, 2017, 07:59:56 AM
Why is is that always Southern Rock bands like the Allmans or Lynyrd Skynyrd are ridden with tragedy in their ranks?

Given his long tenure with the Allman Brothers up until comparatively recently (2014 - their official split), I'm surprised about his financial difficulties.

It's not exclusive to just Southern bands, but those two are highly recognized.  We've lost Ronnie Montrose and Keith Emerson under their own personal struggles.  Musicians aren't necessarily the best managers of money, and potentially worse when there's a lot of it flowing in/out.
Title: Re: RIP Butch Trucks
Post by: Dave W on January 27, 2017, 12:35:08 PM
Even musicians who can manage their money fairly well sometimes also manage not to declare certain income and underpay their taxes. It works well until they get caught. Willie Nelson is a good example.
Title: Re: RIP Butch Trucks
Post by: uwe on January 27, 2017, 02:53:23 PM
Tell me about it! I have a close relative who for decades boasted how he outsmarted the tax office. I always shook my head. Until they caught up with him and he will now be paying tax debts as a pensioner for years/decades to come.

Paying taxes is boring but safe. I tend to be boringly safe. A lawyer dodging taxes is the most embarrassing thing in my book.
Title: Re: RIP Butch Trucks
Post by: westen44 on February 21, 2017, 04:41:35 PM
http://ultimateclassicrock.com/butch-trucks-cox-private-memorial/