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Nov 7, 2022
Guitarist Jeff Cook dies after a battle with Parkinson's disease at his home in Destin, Florida. He was a founding member of Alabama, who led groups to prominence after breaking out with their country/rock hybrid in the 1980s. The band was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2005
Mar 4, 2023
Bass player Michael Rhodes dies at his home in Nashville. One of the city's key studio musicians, he played on hits by Brooks & Dunn, Lee Ann Womack, Trisha Yearwood, George Strait and Vince Gill, among others
Mar 5, 2023
Guitarist Gary Rossington dies. The last original member of Lynyrd Skynyrd, he was a writer on "Sweet Home Alabama," ranked among country's all-time greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation book "Heartaches By The Number"
Mar 13, 2023
Drummer Jim Gordon dies at the California Medical Facility in Vacaville. A member of Derek & The Dominos, he played on hits by Glen Campbell, Waylon Jennings and Merle Haggard before schizophrenic voices led him to kill his mother. Gordon was incarcerated for the last four decades of his life
Aug 9, 2023
Songwriter/guitarist Robbie Robertson dies in Los Angeles. He co-founded The Band, a roots-rock that toured with Bob Dylan and recorded "Up On Cripple Creek," ranked among country's 500 greatest singles in the 2003 Country Music Foundation book "Heartaches By The Number"
Sep 22, 2023
Mike Henderson dies. A founding member of the progressive bluesgrass band The SteelDrivers, Henderson co-wrote the Chris Stapleton songs "Starting Over," "Broken Halos" and "Second One To Know"
Oct 9, 2023
Banjo player Buck Trent dies. A former member of the "Hee Haw" cast, he added banjo or guitar to a number of hits, including Roy Clark's "I Never Picked Cotton," Porter Wagoner's "Green, Green Grass Of Home" and Dolly Parton's "Jolene" and "I Will Always Love You"
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