Overview
- The 64-year-old was injured in a Saturday motorcycle crash in Ashland City, Tennessee, and died Sunday afternoon at a Nashville hospital, according to Bluegrass Today.
- Rising in the 1990s with the Lonesome River Band, he helped define modern bluegrass and later sustained a 45-year career.
- His 1994 solo album Cold Virginia Night won IBMA Album of the Year, its title track took Song of the Year, and he earned IBMA Male Vocalist honors in 1995, 1998 and 1999.
- As a songwriter, he co-wrote Chris Stapleton’s “Nobody to Blame” and saw his work recorded by Lee Ann Womack, Brooks & Dunn and Loretta Lynn.
- Tributes from peers including Dierks Bentley, Alison Krauss and Rhonda Vincent praised his voice, writing and generosity, and he is survived by his wife, Garnet Imes Bowman, and their daughter, Chassidy.