“A lot of the cities where we have a strong following, we don't even get to every year anymore. But Stony Brook was a place that, from the very first time we went, the chemistry was right. They loved us, and we loved them, and we just kept going back and going back.”

American drummer

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.