Jeff Cook of the Group Alabama has passed away.

Chattanooga, TN: 

According to the Tennessean, Jeff Cook, long time member of the Super Group Alabama, has passed away.

He died Monday at his home in Destin, Florida.  He was 73

For nearly a decade, Cook battled Parkinson’s disease, a progressive disorder of the nervous system that affects movement and causes tremors. He publicly disclosed his diagnosis in 2017.

As a guitarist, fiddle player and vocalist in Alabama, Cook — alongside cousins Randy Owen and Teddy Gentry — helped sketch a blueprint for what a hitmaking band can achieve in country music. He and the band filled in that sketch with a slew of hits now considered by many to be essential country music listening: “Song of the South,” “Mountain Music,” “I’m In A Hurry,” “Cheap Seats,” and “My Home’s In Alabama,” among many others.

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