Just walked by The Beacon on my way home from work listening to Dreams from 10/27/14 (second to last show) and there was a little bit of snow coming down and it sounded great and just felt peaceful.

That just made my day. Good times.

I hope that we see the guys get together for a Beacon Run to help his wife out of the financial situation.

Call it any name that they want but it is the right thing to do. Using The ABB name would bring the biggest returns.

Also I hope Gregg changes his mind and allows the vault to be open for another Archive Release with some proceeds going to the same cause. They have the power to correct the situation in a short period of time.

I've been listening to Mtn Jam all week. Yesterday at the beginning of Duane's beautiful passage toward the end I looked up and saw 3 birds flying south. I thought Butch is home!

I hope that we see the guys get together for a Beacon Run to help his wife out of the financial situation.

Call it any name that they want but it is the right thing to do. Using The ABB name would bring the biggest returns.

Also I hope Gregg changes his mind and allows the vault to be open for another Archive Release with some proceeds going to the same cause. They have the power to correct the situation in a short period of time.

Agree. I bet it will happen, no doubt at some time this year. Hopefully Dickey will be involved.

Piper,
Dickey Betts & Great Southern Facebook page acknowledges Butch's death, and with RIP....

[Edited on 1/28/2017 by PaulColetti]

Butch Trucks’ Death: Rockers React

Some nice words to be said. Check it out if you have the time.

http://ultimateclassicrock.com/butch-trucks-death-rockers-react/

[Edited on 1/28/2017 by jszfunk]

Condolences to the family. Your music will live on.

I hope that we see the guys get together for a Beacon Run to help his wife out of the financial situation.

Call it any name that they want but it is the right thing to do. Using The ABB name would bring the biggest returns.

Also I hope Gregg changes his mind and allows the vault to be open for another Archive Release with some proceeds going to the same cause. They have the power to correct the situation in a short period of time.

I would like to see both of these things happen as well but the timing for a reunion would be a bit off, and Gregg and Dickey are not in the best health either? But who knows what will happen?

Either way I hope that Butch is in a better place, and playing music with Duane and Berry, and Lamar. I hope that that his family and band mates find peace.

[Edited on 1/28/2017 by The_Newt]

They also did the Statesboro in Knoxville with Duane Trucks sitting in.

I was sitting in a Subaru dealership Thurs finalizing the purchase of a new vehicle when the salesman made an off hand comment about an Allman Brother dying; I instantly assumed Gregg. Quite a gut punch; especially learning it was suicide. I have been low, but never so bad that I would seriously consider ending my life because going on is too painful. I said goodbye to my old friend (my F-150) and put "Eat a Peach" on for the drive home to break in the new vehicle right!

You get more sentimental as you get older. I was born in '71 but this was the music of my youth and early adult years. The truck had hauled my family up Pike's Peak, beaches of Delaware, down to Florida, and everywhere in between often with the ABB blasting! This really feels like the end for the band and my young adult life. Any lingering hopes of one last reunion tour are extinguished. The Allman Brothers have reached the End of the Line....

Rest in peace, and thank you for the memories.

Very sorry to hear this.
RIP

I just hope Dickey, Gregg and Jaimoe can become friends again ...

Condolences and Prayers tonight, to all the Family, Friends and Fans who Love and Miss Butch..........Peace To All

I just hope Dickey, Gregg and Jaimoe can become friends again ...

Gregg and Dickey are eternal brothers and they both know it. I don't think Jaimoe holds ill will towards Dickey since he even reportedly outstretched his hand to Dickey at Woody's funeral. (Butch said so). From that day Jaimoe wanted to end the estrangement, even though the band had not reconciled with Dickey at that point. The band, did extend an offer for Dickey to join them at the Beacon for the band's anniversary, if y'all remember, but Dickey did not like the way the offer was presented to him. So there have been some moments where some reconciliation or at least dialogue could have happened. What the future holds is unknown at this point, but Butch's passing might make people realize, nobody knows how long they or anybody else have. If they care about THEIR music, THEIR band, then they can still do more.

[Edited on 1/31/2017 by gina]

I hope that we see the guys get together for a Beacon Run to help his wife out of the financial situation.

Call it any name that they want but it is the right thing to do. Using The ABB name would bring the biggest returns.

Also I hope Gregg changes his mind and allows the vault to be open for another Archive Release with some proceeds going to the same cause. They have the power to correct the situation in a short period of time.

I would like to see both of these things happen as well but the timing for a reunion would be a bit off, and Gregg and Dickey are not in the best health either? But who knows what will happen?

Either way I hope that Butch is in a better place, and playing music with Duane and Berry, and Lamar. I hope that that his family and band mates find peace.

[Edited on 1/28/2017 by The_Newt]

I found this. Butch and Dickey interview from 1984.

[Edited on 2/3/2017 by gina]

This is so terrible. I'm sorry that after a lifetime of making music that provided so much joy to so many people, the end of his life was so hard. And I'm sorry for the shock and loss his family and friends and bandmates are feeling.

There was always so much real or exaggerated or pretend drama around the band, like 'Warren is turning down the volume on Derek's guitar,' 'Gregg wants to fire Oteil,' a million other things, and I never saw a story about Jaimoe and Butch being mad at each other. Can you even picture discussing that? They must've had disagreements over a very long career together, but it's hard to picture that kind of gossip swirling around them. They were just always there, side by side as brothers. If there was anything fans agreed on almost unanimously, it was that the years where Jaimoe wasn't in the band Did Not Count. And in part that's because everyone loves Jaimoe, but I think it's also because what the two of them had was so unique. There have been other bands with two remarkable guitarists. The list of bands with two amazing drummers is much shorter.

Butch and Jaimoe were the foundation for everything in the band. Other players came and went sometimes, but they kept doing what they did. At least for me as a non-drummer, it was natural to take that for granted a bit. They didn't get to solo every song. You probably didn't go home from the show humming something they played. Lots of people have lyrics tattooed on their arms, but there probably aren't too many with drum notation ink. But as far as anybody knows, Butch never missed a single show except once, in the band's last year. For all the others, he just made the whole thing go. In fact he almost never sat out a single song, and since he was a proud man to begin with, I have a feeling that was a point of pride for him.

Butch was a nonbeliever as a person, but he was the most outspoken believer in the thing Duane Allman started. Gregg, at least from what I've seen, rarely says Duane's name in interviews. I think it's too hard and too personal for him, and I understand that. But Butch talked about Duane as much as he could. He called himself an apostle and I think he saw that as his role. And if he told the same stories over and over and maybe played up his part in them, he did want everybody to know what Duane did for him and meant to him and what he stood for. He thought that mattered and he wanted it to stay alive in the world. As someone who's a nonbeliever but also managed to believe in this band in his own way, I get that.

During a Beacon show in 2011 I wound up sitting onstage closest to Butch's kit. I couldn't believe how loud he was. I couldn't believe the energy. He was pushing 65 and he'd been complaining for years about the damage that a lifetime of drumming had done to his shoulders and his knees, and he still went out there and pounded his kit like his life depended on it every show and did something that was way more demanding than playing guitar or singing.

It's hard to believe the two of them won't play together again. It's hard to picture those drums quiet.

Nice write Marley. Good to see your name again. Tell papa hi from me.

Eloquent post Marley. But what do you mean by nonbeliever? The band?

[Edited on 2/7/2017 by Lee]

This is so terrible. I'm sorry that after a lifetime of making music that provided so much joy to so many people, the end of his life was so hard. And I'm sorry for the shock and loss his family and friends and bandmates are feeling.

There was always so much real or exaggerated or pretend drama around the band, like 'Warren is turning down the volume on Derek's guitar,' 'Gregg wants to fire Oteil,' a million other things, and I never saw a story about Jaimoe and Butch being mad at each other. Can you even picture discussing that? They must've had disagreements over a very long career together, but it's hard to picture that kind of gossip swirling around them. They were just always there, side by side as brothers. If there was anything fans agreed on almost unanimously, it was that the years where Jaimoe wasn't in the band Did Not Count. And in part that's because everyone loves Jaimoe, but I think it's also because what the two of them had was so unique. There have been other bands with two remarkable guitarists. The list of bands with two amazing drummers is much shorter.

Butch and Jaimoe were the foundation for everything in the band. Other players came and went sometimes, but they kept doing what they did. At least for me as a non-drummer, it was natural to take that for granted a bit. They didn't get to solo every song. You probably didn't go home from the show humming something they played. Lots of people have lyrics tattooed on their arms, but there probably aren't too many with drum notation ink. But as far as anybody knows, Butch never missed a single show except once, in the band's last year. For all the others, he just made the whole thing go. In fact he almost never sat out a single song, and since he was a proud man to begin with, I have a feeling that was a point of pride for him.

Butch was a nonbeliever as a person, but he was the most outspoken believer in the thing Duane Allman started. Gregg, at least from what I've seen, rarely says Duane's name in interviews. I think it's too hard and too personal for him, and I understand that. But Butch talked about Duane as much as he could. He called himself an apostle and I think he saw that as his role. And if he told the same stories over and over and maybe played up his part in them, he did want everybody to know what Duane did for him and meant to him and what he stood for. He thought that mattered and he wanted it to stay alive in the world. As someone who's a nonbeliever but also managed to believe in this band in his own way, I get that.

During a Beacon show in 2011 I wound up sitting onstage closest to Butch's kit. I couldn't believe how loud he was. I couldn't believe the energy. He was pushing 65 and he'd been complaining for years about the damage that a lifetime of drumming had done to his shoulders and his knees, and he still went out there and pounded his kit like his life depended on it every show and did something that was way more demanding than playing guitar or singing.

It's hard to believe the two of them won't play together again. It's hard to picture those drums quiet.

Very nice tribute to Butch, Marley. Nice to see you back here again.

Eloquent post Marley. But what do you mean by nonbeliever? The band?

I mean that Butch was an atheist and he was pretty outspoken about it. That's normal if you're in Radiohead or whatever, but in classic rock and blues it was kind of unusual because the music has such strong historic links to gospel and to songs with a religious background. As an atheist I appreciated that he represented that point of view. And for my money it made it that much more powerful that Butch talked about the band being Duane's apostles. It was as if he made that comparison because absolutely nothing else would do.

It's good to talk to you guys, too, and to have someplace to work out my thoughts about this. And I'll say hi to the PN, Bird.

Much love to Butch's family, his friends, band mates and fans. Still trying to come to terms with a world without The Freight Train. 🙁

Much love to Butch's family, his friends, band mates and fans. Still trying to come to terms with a world without The Freight Train. 🙁

It's very disheartening and sad in the manner Butch's life ended. I was listening to Mountain Jam yesterday and as much as I enjoyed listening to it, I just shook my head thinking it will never sound like it use to. Obviously there are bigger issues in all this but it still made me sad and as I mentioned earlier, a bit disheartened.

Much love to Butch's family, his friends, band mates and fans. Still trying to come to terms with a world without The Freight Train. 🙁

It's very disheartening and sad in the manner Butch's life ended. I was listening to Mountain Jam yesterday and as much as I enjoyed listening to it, I just shook my head thinking it will never sound like it use to. Obviously there are bigger issues in all this but it still made me sad and as I mentioned earlier, a bit disheartened.

Honestly I haven't played any ABB since it all went down. Not sure when I will. We all deal differently, others may find comfort there. I suspect when I get the head on my shoulders to seek it again, I will probably stay rooted in the Duane era. I can look at that era and find purity and positive...... Going to take a break from here for a while also.... see y'all.....

Don't be a stranger Bird. You've been through more than your share and have a perspective and way with words that has been comforting.

I played some Hittin The Note right after because I was always struck with how crisp the drums sounded on that record with great separation of instruments. It sounds just as good 14 years later. Old Before My time has taken on a whole other level of poignancy and the studio version of that song has always been haunting.

On some car rides, I moved on to the May 1, 1973 Nassau Coliseum and the instrumentals just floored me: Jessica, Les Bres and Elizabeth Reed. I hit repeat and listened again on my drive. I enjoy the music, but I can't say it made me feel any better, though.

Duane and Berry's losses were never personal to me because I was a babe. Everyone who has been a part of the ABB since 1986's one off reunion and then the full time one in 1989 are "my guys." I've taken the losses since like I was losing someone I knew, but losing one of the originals now is something different. I feel goofy saying that because I'm a dorky fan. Not family.

I looked through pictures of the Beacon Hotel gang 2003-2007ish and smiled. Seems like another world now. RIP Butch.

Great post Marley

was wondering did not watch awards on sunday. Was Butch acknowledged during the show. I know Prince Geoge Michael and some others but was Butch at least acknowledged when they did the thing about those who passed?

was wondering did not watch awards on sunday. Was Butch acknowledged during the show. I know Prince Geoge Michael and some others but was Butch at least acknowledged when they did the thing about those who passed?

Yes, Butch was remembered with a passing photo during the scroll of those no longer with us.

was wondering did not watch awards on sunday. Was Butch acknowledged during the show. I know Prince Geoge Michael and some others but was Butch at least acknowledged when they did the thing about those who passed?

Yes, Butch was remembered with a passing photo during the scroll of those no longer with us.

And it hurt so much to see his photo there. Leon Russell and Prince, too. Brought tears to my eyes.

Anything that's been put out there by Jaimoe or Marc yet?

Not that they owe me or anybody else by doing this.

Hope they are OK