Hard to believe it's been a year already since Butch passed. Glad we have his music to still enjoy. Always loved when he would play those timpanis... RIP Butchie.
The tearing and the ripping is still there for me.
Glad you remembered.
I was talking with my brother in law over the weekend about it. I knew it was coming up.... 🙁
[Edited on 1/24/2018 by jszfunk]
Everyone has a plan, till you get punched in the face,
Still hurts.
Still seems unreal. I wrote up my thoughts about Butch and how last January hit me:
http://brettbob.blogspot.com/2017/02/butch-trucks-1947-2017.html
Pay your taxes.......
Every once in a while I'm driving around and I think of Butch and the reality just slams me in the face.
Gone too soon.
just awful. Sure wish he would have picked up a phone and called Willie Nelson or someone else who had either been through it or could help in some way
That's a beautiful picture.
Everyone has a plan, till you get punched in the face,
Pay your taxes.......
Totally uncalled for.
The days are long but the years are short.
What a drummer.
Incomprehensible to this day
the photos and artwork say it all
take care and know that you are loved. bro. Butch Trucks == thank you so much for all you gave through your music
sad stuff - he sure loved speaking with fans...
It is just horrible what happened, and why it happened. What bothers me is that he was the rational, reasonable one during the days after the fax. The fans were in crisis, the band was trying to play on for awhile, it was a terrible time, yet he kept it all together. Then when personal drama comes to his life once again, he just reached his limit. This should not have happened.
When you feel like there is nothing else you can do, you have to realize there are always other decisions you can make. If you are going to lose your beautiful home, you just pack your gear and find someplace else to hang your hat, don't look back, look ahead. Create new dreams. It's not easy, it's not fair, but I learned from a friend of mine who moved frequently, her home always felt serene, peaceful, because she took that with her wherever she went, lost it all several times, but never surrendered. No matter what happens, life goes on and so must we.
[Edited on 1/30/2018 by gina]
RIP, Sir. Thank you for the music. Not forgotten.
I agree with Gina . When your health is suffering ( Mental or physical) go get professional help . Butch lived for the music and musical vision Duane created . Yes I'm sure Butch loved his family and he genuinely loved us . Money was an issue according to what was reported .Butch was incredibly intelligent to the point where I don't believe money was the only factor in him taking his own life. The Bigger issue probably was the news that Gregg's life would end soon. I recall when those rumors began a year ago how they impacted myself and others on the site . Our dedication to the music and the history of The Brothers is unusual . I'm sure my wife and kids think I'm a little off the wall with the obsession I've had for the band , it's history and the musicians who have dedicated themselves to getting it right every night they played for us .
When we lost Gregg we lost a huge part of ourselves even though we still have the music . The music is a wonderful gift to have . Losing the players who created that music is a huge blow no matter how you gift wrap it. This is not an excuse for Butch taking his own life. Just possibly a small part of an explanation as to what he was dealing with.
What bothers me is that he was the rational, reasonable one during the days after the fax. The fans were in crisis, the band was trying to play on for awhile, it was a terrible time, yet he kept it all together.
[Edited on 1/30/2018 by gina]
Not to stir up "s**t" but I think that statement is debatable... I would put just about everyone else in the band as rational & reasonable at that time... seems like most of the public drama was started by Butch bad mouthing dickey every chance he got...
Still it is a tragedy that it had to come to his final act... wish it could have been avoided...
Good to see everyone remembering Butch with kindness. I don't in general remember or commemorate death days in the case of tough personal ones. I do the opposite and dilute it and actually try to not remember it. Spread the appreciation over the whole year, but it now stays almost always melancholy tinged glasses through seen..... and the sad notation of gone comes when the wind brings it by some odd association...... a smell, a sound, a look of clothes, someone's stance and posture and build from the back..... a trip a trigger a moment when time reminds..... not a death date, that brings me so down and for selfish reason I head in sand.... in general. Yes, RIP Butch though.
Well said Rayg. I think a lot of us here share that same obsession. Hard to believe there are those that dont! LOL.
eap,
Steve
