Stapleton, Ala. — Jody Payne, a guitarist who toured with Willie Nelson for more than three decades, has died. He was 77.
Baldwin County Coroner Stan Zinson says Payne died at 5:12 a.m. Saturday at a hospital from cardiac problems. He says Payne got up early in his house in Stapleton, Ala., feeling ill, and his wife called an ambulance.
He says Payne had a long history of cardiac problems.
According to a 2011 profile in The Mobile Press-Register, Payne toured with Nelson from 1973 to 2008. He retired to Stapleton, with his wife Vicki. There he continued playing music, teaching the guitar at a local music store.
A post on Willie's Nelson's Facebook page about Payne's death said, "Our friend will be missed."...
Baldwin County Coroner Stan Zinson says Payne died at 5:12 a.m. Saturday at a hospital from cardiac problems. He says Payne got up early in his house in Stapleton, Ala., feeling ill, and his wife called an ambulance.
He says Payne had a long history of cardiac problems.
According to a 2011 profile in The Mobile Press-Register, Payne toured with Nelson from 1973 to 2008. He retired to Stapleton, with his wife Vicki. There he continued playing music, teaching the guitar at a local music store.
A post on Willie's Nelson's Facebook page about Payne's death said, "Our friend will be missed."...
- 8/11/2013
- by AP
- Huffington Post
Jody Payne, a guitarist who toured with Willie Nelson for more than three decades, has died. He was 77. Nelson publicist Elaine Schock told The Associated Press she received an email from Payne's granddaughter Saturday saying the guitarist died that morning. According to a 2011 profile in The Mobile Press-Register, Payne toured with Nelson from 1973 to 2008. He retired to Stapleton, Ala., with his wife Vicki. There he continued playing music, teaching the guitar at a local music store. More details on Payne's death were not immediately available. A call to Payne's home was not answered. A post
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- 8/10/2013
- by The Associated Press
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