Stuart Swanlund Of The Marshall Tucker Band Dies At 54

Marshall Tucker Band Member Dies At 54
This March 20, 2011 photo released by Barry Sigman Photography shows Stuart Swanlund of the Marshall Tucker Band performing at Nutty Jerry's in Winnie, Texas. Swanlund died in his sleep of natural causes Saturday, Aug. 4, 2012 at his Chicago home. He was 54. Swanlund joined the band in 1985 after it had split up and regrouped. He was the longest running member of the group except for founding member Doug Gray. The group is best known for its 1977 Top 40 hit "Heard It In a Love Song." (AP Photo/Barry Sigman Photography)
This March 20, 2011 photo released by Barry Sigman Photography shows Stuart Swanlund of the Marshall Tucker Band performing at Nutty Jerry's in Winnie, Texas. Swanlund died in his sleep of natural causes Saturday, Aug. 4, 2012 at his Chicago home. He was 54. Swanlund joined the band in 1985 after it had split up and regrouped. He was the longest running member of the group except for founding member Doug Gray. The group is best known for its 1977 Top 40 hit "Heard It In a Love Song." (AP Photo/Barry Sigman Photography)

Guitarist Stuart Swanlund, who joined Southern rock group the Marshall Tucker Band in 1985, has passed away at the age of 54. Publicist Don Murry Grubbs tells the AP that the guitarist died in his sleep of natural causes Saturday (Aug. 4) in his Chicago home.

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