The band announced Copes death on social media with the statement:We are writing this still in a state of shock and kindly ask for your prayers for the family, friends and band at this time. He gave me an education you cant teach unless you lived it. 2023 Music Row Enterprises, LLC All rights reserved. https://musicrow.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/The-Steel-Woods.jpeg, https://musicrow.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/MusicRow-header-logo-Mar19B.png, The Steel Woods To Release Final Album With Late Founder Rowdy Cope. Coming out via Woods Music/Thirty Tigers, the bands third release is expected to be their strongest and most substantive work to date. It was something he was proud of and he earned it, Johnson says he petitioned guitarist Leroy Powell to delete a series of old YouTube videos in which he and Powell pretended to be feuding pro-wrestlers. Subscribe to our newsletter for new stories, tips & events. Jason Cope, affectionately known as ' Rowdy ' and founder of Southern rock band The Steel Woods, has passed away at 42. J. Bair Wishing some peace and comfort to all who knew him. It serves to remind me that we should never take our friends for granted and we should reach out while we can. This is truly a tragic loss for music in general, and the Southern Rock revivalist movement (among which, I think The Steel Woods do it best), specifically. 8:55 am, RIP ROWDY, so sad you were called home. Despite the unexpected death in January of his bandmate Jason "Rowdy" Cope, who made up the other half of The Steel Woods, which pulls into The Shed in Maryville for a two-night stand starting Friday he's made his peace with it, he told The Daily Times this week. I guess thats the biggest thing is you know youve been deprived for so long, and people almost show a little more appreciation for, for just the fact that they can come out and see something that ordinarily was, you know, it was really ordinary to any day of the week you could go out and see a band before last year, and so yeah, people are really excited to be out, and were happy to be out too. The dude was like clockwork, Cobb says. Hopefully, the true cause will be revealed. I Sigh Everytime I look at them !, Todd Smith But to accuse me of trying to generate clicks to a site that has cost me extreme expense both financially and personally for 13 years to keep going is not only incorrect, it is irresponsible, frankly unconscionable, and is born of Facebook-style gossipy bullshit being sowed by jealous parties and individuals who believe theyre rivals that has no basis in the reality of how the death of performers in the public space are covered, and have been for many decades, by many outlets. Cope was 42 . In early 2019 they released their latest record Old News to much critical acclaim. Guess not. I was honored to have him help out with my album East Tennessee, loved the work he did on so many great records, and was so proud to see the success he had with his new band, The Steel Woods. He was so much more than just an incredible guitar player, he was an incredible human being.. The Steel Woods Founder Jason 'Rowdy' Cope Passes Away The Test Pressings are Numbered and Dated 17/25, 10-01-2018..What kills me is Friday Night, I turned 61 Yrs old, and The LAST Record I listened to, Was Straw in The Wind..I am STUNNED Beyond Grief.I have NOT Liked a Bands Music Like these Guys in a LONG Time to Go Out and Spend that Kind of Money, Because I believed They Were (ARE !) Cope received his diagnosis in 2018, when he temporarily left the Steel Woods to seek treatment for heavy drinking. Rowdy was there every day of the trial for support for Waynes family, even when it snowed probably 12 inches on one of the days and the whole city shut down. KEARNEY When Jason "Rowdy" Cope died at age 42 in January, his band members in The Steel Woods dealt with the shock of his death. They are my favorite band, one of my favorite artists, and I hope that they will put out new music again. 2:56 pm, Michael Roy 8:09 pm. His music will always mean a lot to me.
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