Allman Brothers Band’s Butch Trucks Dead at 69

Claude Hudson “Butch” Trucks, the propulsive drummer and founding member of the Allman Brothers Band, died Tuesday (Jan. 24) in West Palm Beach, Florida, at the age of 69. No cause of death has been given. Paired with jazz-inflected drummer Jai “Jaimoe” Johnny Johanson, Trucks was a mainstay with the Allman Brothers Band in all… Read more »