BREAKING: TheAlabamaBand co-founder Jeff Cook dead at 73. MariaLeaf reports.
Cook, 73, had been battling Parkinson's disease since 2012. He died at his beach home in Destin, Florida, on Monday, according to a statement from the band.Cook was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame with Alabama in 2005.
Cook began playing lead guitar and the keyboard at the age of 13. In 2017, he was inducted into the National Fiddler Hall of Fame, based in Tulsa, Oklahoma. "From one fiddle player to another, I always felt I was a pretty good guitarist," Cook joked at the time. Cook stopped touring with Alabama in 2018 due to his health problems. The band continued to tour because he never wanted “the music to stop or the party to end.”"One of the highlights of my life is getting to record and jam with you guys. You fought this terrible disease with grace, Jeff. My heart goes out to your wife and the boys and the band. We will miss you," Brad Paisley posted on Instagram. "So sad to hear of the passing of Jeff Cook.
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