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Jeff Cook, a co-founding member of the nation band Alabama, has died. The information was confirmed by the band\u2019s official social-media accounts on Tuesday, noting that the guitarist had \u201cpassed away peacefully yesterday, November 7, with his family and close friends by his side at his beach home in Destin, Florida.\u201d He was 73. Cook was identified with Parkinson\u2019s illness in 2012, and he publicly disclosed his analysis in 2017. <\/p>\n
Born in 1949 in Fort Payne, Alabama, Cook received his begin working at an area radio station as a DJ whereas he was nonetheless in highschool. In 1969, he co-founded the band Young Country together with his cousins Randy Owen and Teddy Gentry; the band would finally undertake the identify Wildcountry, and at last: Alabama. Their debut album as Alabama was 1976\u2019s Wild Country<\/em>, and they might launch 22 extra, with their most up-to-date document being 2015\u2019s Southern Drawl<\/em>.<\/p>\n Along with Alabama, Cook launched country-music staple songs \u201cSong of the South,\u201d \u201cMountain Music,\u201d \u201cI\u2019m In A Hurry,\u201d \u201cCheap Seats,\u201d and \u201cMy Home\u2019s In Alabama,\u201d amongst many others.<\/p>\n In 2004, Cook has fashioned the teams Cook & Glenn and the Allstar Goodtime Band, and in 2015, Cook entered the Country Music Hall Of Fame as a member of Alabama. He stopped touring with Alabama in 2018, however, in 2019 Cook was inducted into the Musicians Hall Of Fame And Museum.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n