“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.”

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.