Kenny Buttrey dies at 59, drummer for Neil Young, Bob Dylan, Dan Fogelberg. Kenny Buttrey, an influential session drummer in Nashville history, died at home in Nashville on Sunday (September 12) of cancer. Kenny Buttrey was 59. Kenny Buttrey was drummer and arranger on sessions with a host of artists ranging from Bob Dylan to Neil Young to Jimmy Buffett and on classic songs ranging from “All Along the Watchtower” to “Tonight’s the Night” to “Margaritaville” and other landmark recordings of the ’60s and ’70s. Other Kenny Buttrey recordings include Jimmy Buffett’s “Changes in Attitudes” (which yielded “Margaritaville”) and Linda Ronstadt’s “Silk Purse”.
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