Butch Trucks, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetButch Trucks
American musician
Date of Birth: 11-May-1947
Place of Birth: Jacksonville, Florida, United States
Date of Death: 24-Jan-2017
Profession: musician
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Taurus 
About Butch Trucks
- Claude Hudson "Butch" Trucks (May 11, 1947 – January 24, 2017) was an American drummer.
- He was best known as a founding member of The Allman Brothers Band.
- Trucks was born and raised in Jacksonville, Florida.
- He played in various groups before forming the 31st of February while at Florida State University in the mid 1960s.
- He joined the Allman Brothers Band in 1969.
- Their 1971 live release, At Fillmore East, represented an artistic and commercial breakthrough.
- The group became one of the most popular bands of the era on the strength of their live performances and several successful albums.
- Though the band broke up and reformed various times, Trucks remained a constant in their 45-year career.
- Trucks died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound on January 24, 2017.
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