{"id":1734271,"date":"2022-11-10T18:32:45","date_gmt":"2022-11-10T23:32:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1734271"},"modified":"2022-11-10T18:32:48","modified_gmt":"2022-11-10T23:32:48","slug":"country-music-star-and-founding-member-of-alabama-jeff-cook-dead-at-73","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/country-music-star-and-founding-member-of-alabama-jeff-cook-dead-at-73\/","title":{"rendered":"Country Music Star And Founding Member of Alabama Jeff Cook Dead At 73"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcountry-music-star-and-founding-member-of-alabama-jeff-cook-dead-at-73%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1734271&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Country music star and founding member of the hit band Alabama, Jeff Cook, died at his home in Destin, Florida, at the age of 73.<\/p>\n<p>Cook, a co-founder of the successful <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/country-music\">country music<\/a> group, and member of the Country Music Hall of Fame, died after being diagnosed in 2017 with Parkinson\u2019s disease, Don Murry Grubbs, a representative for the band told the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/entertainment-music-alabama-country-70a770a7241a045948a08cd928ffaeaa\">Associated Press<\/a> in a piece published Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The late star was one of members of the powerful trio alongside cousins Randy Owen and Teddy Gentry, <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2022\/music\/news\/jeff-cook-dead-alabama-member-country-music-hall-fame-died-1235426947\/\">Variety<\/a> noted. His work as a guitarist, fiddle player and vocalist, helped the band soar to the top of the country music charts in the early 80s with songs like \u201cLove In The First Degree\u201d and \u201cFeels So Right,\u201d as well as \u201cMountain Music.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We are deeply saddened by the passing of Jeff Cook, co-founding member of legendary band Alabama and Country Music Hall of Fame member. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family and loved ones during this time. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JIJJBitTLl\">pic.twitter.com\/JIJJBitTLl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CMA Country Music (@CountryMusic) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CountryMusic\/status\/1590100980028551168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 8, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Shortly after news broke of the singer\u2019s death, tributes from country superstars like Kenny Chesney and Jason Aldean poured in on social media and more.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJeff Cook, and all of the guys in Alabama, were so generous with wisdom and fun when I got to tour with them as a young artist,\u201d Chesney shared in a statement. \u201cBut maybe even more, they showed a kid in a T-shirt that country music could be rock, could be real, could be someone who looked like me. Growing up in East Tennessee, that gave me the heart to chase this dream.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">So sad to hear of the passing of Jeff Cook. I spent a lot of my life listening to him play guitar, what an iconic sound he had. I got a chance to perform with him multiple times over the years and I will never forget it.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcf8: Rick Diamond <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7v4zqKpSjG\">pic.twitter.com\/7v4zqKpSjG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jason Aldean (@Jason_Aldean) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jason_Aldean\/status\/1590108113025503232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 8, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo sad to hear of the passing of Jeff Cook,\u201d Aldean tweeted. \u201cI spent a lot of my life listening to him play guitar, what an iconic sound he had. I got a chance to perform with him multiple times over the years and I will never forget it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cSo sorry to hear of the passing of Jeff Cook from the group Alabama. Jeff was such an integral part of their sound. He was a great musician and singer. Rest in peace old friend.\u201d -Ricky Skaggs<\/p>\n<p>Photo: Kristen Van Zant <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dMb6kmOzZn\">pic.twitter.com\/dMb6kmOzZn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ricky Skaggs (@RickySkaggs) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RickySkaggs\/status\/1590211434268758017?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 9, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Just heard about Jeff Cook of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheAlabamaBand?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TheAlabamaBand<\/a> passing.. Absolute legend. Rest In Peace..<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Blake Shelton (@blakeshelton) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/blakeshelton\/status\/1590347411280793602?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 9, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">ALABAMA has been one of my favorite bands for as long as I remember. Yesterday, founding member Jeff Cook lost his battle with Parkinson&#8217;s disease. His fiddle and guitar playing has been a huge part of my lifelong soundtrack, and my heart is heavy for the ALABAMA family!! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3qNKypaYJ7\">pic.twitter.com\/3qNKypaYJ7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tim McGraw (@TheTimMcGraw) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheTimMcGraw\/status\/1590442804119236608?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 9, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sending out my deepest condolences to the family, friends and band mates of Jeff Cook from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheAlabamaBand?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TheAlabamaBand<\/a>. Such a great guy an one heckuva bass fisherman. He will be truly missed.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Travis Tritt (@Travistritt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Travistritt\/status\/1590102732400365570?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 8, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cJeff Cook spent a lifetime in music, earning a license as a broadcast engineer before he was old enough to drive a car and working as an on-air radio personality while still in high school,\u201d Kyle Young, CEO of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum shared. \u201cEverything he did was rooted in his deep love of music, a love he shared with millions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The power trio dominated the CMA Entertainer of the Year category for three years, from 1982-1985. The band also earned several ACM Award Entertainer of the Year trophies from 1981-1985, the outlet noted. In 2018, Cook stopped touring with the group and in 2005 Alabama was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n<p>He is survived by his wife Lisa, who he married in 1995. Memorial plans are to be released at a later time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Country music star and founding member of the hit band Alabama, Jeff Cook, died at his home in Destin, Florida, at the age of 73. Cook, a co-founder of the successful country music group, and member of the Country Music Hall of Fame, died after being diagnosed in 2017 with Parkinson\u2019s disease, Don Murry Grubbs, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":219,"featured_media":1734274,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1734271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1734271","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/219"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1734271"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1734271\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1734274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1734271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1734271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1734271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}