According to Rolling Stone,
Butch Trucks, one of the Allman Brothers Band’s founding drummers, died Tuesday evening in West Palm Beach, Florida. He was 69. Page Stallings, Trucks’ booking agent, confirmed the veteran musician’s death to Rolling Stone, but said a cause of death is currently unknown.
“Today we lost a Brother and the music world lost a great, innovative drummer and part of rock history,” Allman Brothers Band guitarist Warren Haynes said in a statement. “I am truly honored to have played music and shared life with Butch for over 25 years. It is a sad day indeed.”