Jeff Cook, Founding Member of the Supergroup ALABAMA, Has Died

[carolinarider09]

Nashville, Tenn. (November 8, 2022) — Jeff Cook, founding member and legendary guitarist of the supergroup ALABAMA, has died. Cook, a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame,  Musicians Hall of Fame, Fiddlers Hall of Fame and Gibson's Guitarist of the Year, passed away peacefully yesterday, November 7, with his family and close friends by his side at his beach home in Destin, Florida. He was 73. The multi-award winning guitarist was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 2012. Cook was a champion in all he attempted and he courageously faced his battle with a positive attitude.

Over 50 years ago, Cook, along with cousins Teddy Gentry and Randy Owen, left Fort Payne to spend the summer playing music in a Myrtle Beach, South Carolina bar called The Bowery. It took Cook, Gentry and Owen six long years of tip jars and word-of-mouth to earn the major label deal they'd been dreaming of.

https://nypost.com/2022/11/08/jeff-cook-co-founder-of-country-band-alabama-dead-at-73/

I saw the above on Facebook at the link below.

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[Valkorado]

They were good.  I'm reading Jeff had battled Parkinson's disease for a decade.   R.I.P.

[LTD]

Never liked Alabama they paved the way for the garbage they call modern country music it blows big time in my opinion.  But I can appreciate this mans talent and sorry that he has passed. rip Jeff.

[cookiedough]

Never liked Alabama they paved the way for the garbage they call modern country music it blows big time in my opinion.  But I can appreciate this mans talent and sorry that he has passed. rip Jeff.

HMMM,,,  everyone has their opinions I guess?