Author: Daniel S. Levine / Source: Country Music
Michael A. Kennedy, George Strait‘s drummer, was killed in a car crash in Lebanon, Tennessee on Friday. Kennedy was 59 years old.
Tennessee Highway Patrol officials told The Tennessean Kennedy was driving his 1999 GMC on Interstate 40 just before 4 p.
m. local time. The vehicle hit a tractor-trailer as it merged into another lane. The tractor-trailer hit a Chevrolet Silverado. No one else was injured in the crash.Kennedy was not wearing a seat belt, but officials said it would not have saved him.
Kennedy, who lived in Baxter, Tennessee, was the drummer in Strait’s Ace in the Hole Band for three decades.
“The heart beat of our band is gone,” George Strait Productions manager Paul Rogers tweeted Saturday. “Not sure how we will get back on stage without him. But we must. Much love and respect my dear friend Mike Kennedy.”
The heart beat of our band is gone. Not sure how we will get back on stage without him. But we must. Much love and respect my dear friend Mike Kennedy.
— Paul Rogers (@PAULDROGERZ)
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