Dan Toler
Photo Credit: dantoler.com
Guitarist Dan Toler, a mainstay of the Southern rock scene of the '70s and '80s, died Monday (Feb. 25) in Sarasota, Fla.,
following a lengthy battle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. He was 64. A native of Indiana, he gained national recognition
in the late '70s as a member of Dickey Betts & Great Southern. He was featured on two albums with them before becoming
a member of
the Allman Brothers Band in 1979. He was featured
on the Allman Brothers Band's
Enlightened Rogues (1979),
Reach for the Sky (1980) and
Brothers of the Road
(1981). After exiting the band in 1982, he and his late brother David (Frankie) Toler were members of the Gregg Allman Band
and were featured on Allman's
I'm No Angel and
Just Before the Bullets Fly (1988). During the past decade, Dan
Toler performed with the Renegades of Southern Rock, a band featuring George McCorkle of the Marshall Tucker Band, John Townsend
from the Sanford-Townsend Band and Jack Hall from Wet Willie. He also worked with TGZ and reunited with Townsend for the Toler/Townsend
Band.
