By Monk
Brit Turner, drummer with southern rockers Blackberry Smoke, has died at the age of 57, after a battle with glioblastoma.
He was diagnosed with the brain cancer in 2022.
Announcing the news of his passing, his band mates -Charlie Starr (lead vocals, guitar), Richard Turner (bass, backing vocals), Paul Jackson (guitar, backing vocals), and Brandon Still (keyboards) – described Turner as “the most caring, empathetic, driven and endearing person one could ever hope to meet“, going on to call him “Blackberry Smoke’s True North, the compass that instituted the ideology that will continue to guide this band“.
Blackberry Smoke released their eighth studio album, ‘Be Right Here’. just last month and have just kicked off their latest north American tour.