Butch Trucks

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Butch Trucks was an American drummer, best known as a founding member of the Allman Brothers Band. He was born and raised in Jacksonville, Florida, and lived from 1947 to 2017. He helped establish the Allman Brothers Band’s sound and later was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with the group in 1995. His public legacy is tied to Southern rock and to the role he played in one of its defining bands.

“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.”

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“I'm not going to keep my mouth shut.”

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“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.”

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“The music became secondary to being rock stars.”

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“It wasn't unusual for an Allman Brothers record to cost $300,000.”

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“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.”

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“I'm boring as hell. I just sit around and talk philosophy.”