All of our prayers go out to both families.
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This week has been a devastating one for country music legendGeorge Strait.
Hard to believe we lost two of our music family members on the same day, Strait wrote.
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Our Ace In the Hole treasured band member Gene Elders passed away yesterday afternoon shortly after we lost Erv.
All of our prayers go out to both families.
Me and the band wont ever be the same without our brother Gene.
We loved him so much.
Go play with Mike again Geno.
Well come join you guys later.
Elders played fiddle and mandolin in Strait’s band since 1984.
He had complications from a surgery and just couldnt overcome it.
He was a very tough man, and fought hard, but sadly it was just too much.
We will miss him so very much and will never forget all the time we had together.
Wont ever be the same without him.
And the rest, as they say, is history.
Our hearts are with Strait as well as the families of both Elders and Woolsey during this difficult time.
