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  • Butch Trucks of the Allman Brothers Band Dead at 69

    Claude Hudson “Butch” Trucks, the drummer and founding member of the Allman Brothers Band, died Tuesday (Jan. 24) in West Palm Beach, Florida, at the age of 69.

    “Butch” was a staple with the Allman Brothers Band from its inception in 1969 until the group disbanded in 2014. He along with Gregg Allman, Dickey Betts, Berry Oakley, Johnson, and the late Duane Allman were inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame back in 1995.

    Trucks was born on May 11, 1947 in Jacksonville, Florida.  At one point he told   Billboard magazine last year that he was “about to head back to school and get a degree in math and teach” when Duane Allman persuaded him to join the just-forming band.

    At one point last year he told Billboard magazine  that he was

    “about to head back to school and get a degree in math and teach” when Duane Allman persuaded him to join the just-forming band.

    Giving up a solid career in mathematics to be a rockstar is a huge gamble but it seemed to pay off for him.

    No cause of death has yet been released all we know is that because of the influence of the Allman Brothers Band music was changed forever and he will sorely be missed.

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