Bluesfest on Maui, Hawaii. Memorial plans are pending. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations in Reed's name to the Detroit Symphony Orchestra's Detroit Harmony Fund, which provides instruments to music students in Detroit. The Reed family has issued a statement urging "friends and fans who loved him to honor his life through regular screenings and other early prevention methods for colon cancer. It is with a heavy heart that we inform you of the passing of our lifelong friend and band mate, Alto Reed.
Alto passed away this morning at his home with his family by his side after fighting a courageous battle with colon cancer. Alto has been a part of our musical family, on and off stage, for nearly 50 years. I first starting playing with Alto in He was amazing. He could play just about anything…he was funky, could scat, and play tenor sax and alto sax at the same time.
We worked with Alto often and when we booked our first headline arena gigs at Cobo Hall, we asked him to be a part of those shows.
No doubt his iconic performance on Turn The Page helped lift us to another level. He has been with us on that stage virtually every show, ever since. In our band, Alto was the rock star. Off stage, Alto had a passion for discovering and experiencing new things.
He taught me how to sail on Biscayne Bay, we swam with the sharks unintentionally! I called him Captain. He was bolder than I was. I remember visiting him in the Miami area and I found him feeding the manatees in a lagoon behind his house. Most of us feed the seagulls, Alto fed the manatees! Alto started a family and was a fabulous father. You loved hearing the joy in his voice.
The family asks that donations in Reed's name be made to Detroit Harmony, an initiative founded by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra to supply musical instruments to area students.
It is with a heavy heart that we inform you of the passing of our lifelong friend and band mate, Alto Reed. Alto passed away this morning at his home with his family by his side after fighting a courageous battle with colon cancer.
Alto has been a part of our musical family, on and off stage, for nearly 50 years. I first starting playing with Alto in He was amazing. We worked with Alto often and when we booked our first headline arena gigs at Cobo Hall, we asked him to be a part of those shows.
No doubt his iconic performance on "Turn The Page" helped lift us to another level. He has been with us on that stage virtually every show, ever since.
In our band, Alto was the rock star. Off stage, Alto had a passion for discovering and experiencing new things. He taught me how to sail on Biscayne Bay, we swam with the sharks unintentionally! I called him Captain. He was bolder than I was. That's what I've wanted to do all of my life. Seger and Silver Bullet played extensively in as part of the Roll Me Away Tour, which was billed at the time as "a final tour" but with no firm end date ever announced.
From the initial Silver Bullet Band lineup, Chris Campbell on bass and saxophonist Alto Reed remain in the current incarnation, entering their 45 th years as Seger's sidemen. During a brief interview with Letterman, Seger explained the origin of the band's name. Seger told Dave that when they got paid , their manager wrote the name "Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band" on their paychecks.
Seger said the manager got tired of waiting for the band to come up with something, so he did. Workin' on His Night Moves Again in ! We want to help you catch the Bob Seger tour live at a venue near you, so you can say adieu to one of the greatest showmen in rock and roll history.
Bob Seger's concert career has taken him from high-school gyms and remote Midwest bars to the country's biggest arenas.
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