TRAVIS TRITT

The guitarist disclosed in 2017 that he had been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease.

Guitarist Jeff Cook, who co-founded the successful country group Alabama and steered them up the charts with such hits as “Song of the South” and “Dixieland Delight,” has died. Cook had Parkinson's disease and disclosed his diagnosis in 2017. Tributes poured in from country stars, including Travis Tritt who called Cook “a great guy and one heckuva bass fisherman” and Charlie Daniels, who tweeted that “Heaven gained another guitar/fiddle player today.”

The Edge is using his charity to help New Orleans musicians get back on their feet from the pandemic.

Country musician Travis Tritt is set to sing the national anthem before Game 6 of the NL Championship Series, just days after canceling shows at venues that required a COVID-19 vaccine or masks.

The music industry is moving toward vaccine mandates for concertgoers, but local and state laws have created murky legal waters for COVID-19 rules in venues.

In this Aug. 8, 2012, photo provided by Meghan Boyd Carrier, her father, Cleon Boyd, left, and his twin brother Leon Boyd perform during her wedding in Readsboro, Vt. Cleon died from the coronavirus on April 3, 2020. It also claimed his twin brother Leon, who died a week later at a hospital across the border in New Hampshire. With all the pandemic stuff going on and the way my dad died first from the virus, I think it has left a mark on people. The procession made its way past an elementary school, the Boyd Family Farm and the homes of relatives. Bill Adams had played fiddle with Cleon and Leon Boyd and dedicated a version of Amazing Grace to the men after they died.