A biography for Butch Truckshasn’t been written yet.
“We would work up a tune that would make me learn a drum pattern I hadn't played before. In the early stages, the pattern wouldn't just fall into place, and I would start thinking about it. And the more I thought about it, the worse it would get.”
“I'm not going to keep my mouth shut.”
“We all knew that asking another guitar player to step into Duane Allman's shoes would not really be fair to anybody who had a conscience.”
“The music became secondary to being rock stars.”
“It wasn't unusual for an Allman Brothers record to cost $300,000.”
“We went on to become the No. 1 band in the country for three or four years. And that was probably the worst thing that could have happened to us.”
“I'm boring as hell. I just sit around and talk philosophy.”
“Blues Traveler is hot, and Big Head Todd, the Screamin' Cheetah Wheelies - all of 'em.”
“I have done nothing my entire life but play music.”