{"id":792,"date":"2011-06-12T13:10:20","date_gmt":"2011-06-12T13:10:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skylight.gr\/administrator_wordpress\/index.php\/2011\/06\/12\/david-frankie-toler-former-allman-brothers-band-drummer-passes-away-at-age-59\/"},"modified":"2011-06-12T13:10:20","modified_gmt":"2011-06-12T13:10:20","slug":"david-frankie-toler-former-allman-brothers-band-drummer-passes-away-at-age-59","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2011\/06\/12\/david-frankie-toler-former-allman-brothers-band-drummer-passes-away-at-age-59\/","title":{"rendered":"DAVID \u201cFRANKIE\u201d TOLER, FORMER ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND DRUMMER, PASSES AWAY AT AGE 59"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.allmanbrothers.info\/images\/familytreefrankietoler4.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"137\" height=\"158\" \/><br \/>DAVID \u201cFRANKIE\u201d TOLER, FORMER ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND DRUMMER,  PASSES AWAY AT AGE 59<span class=\"normal\">  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<p><\/span>BRADENTON, FL &#8211; David \u201cFrankie\u201d Toler, former  Allman Brothers Band drummer, passed away Saturday, June 4, 2011, at 2:00 PM in  hospice care in Bradenton, Florida, after a prolonged illness at the age of 59.  Frankie is survived by his wife, Marsha, their daughter, Aja Kayle, and his  older brother, Dan Toler. Frankie Toler\u2019s health had been in decline for several  years and it prevented him from recording and going on tour, but after receiving  a liver transplant two years ago he had been able to play at some band  rehearsals.<br \/>Frankie Toler had an extensive and stellar career as a  world-class professional drummer, and played on the world stage with legendary  bands and musicians, many whom are in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.  <\/p>\n<p>Frankie came to national attention in the 1970s when he appeared on  Dickey Betts &amp; Great Southern\u2019s album, Atlanta&#8217;s Burning Down, and he toured  extensively with the band. Later, Frankie was asked to be the drummer for The  Allman Brothers Band and he appeared on their album, Brothers of the Road. When  Gregg Allman began planning his solo album at the time, he only had one drummer  in mind for his new band: Frankie Toler. Frankie recorded two albums with Gregg  and touring extensively as the drummer with The Gregg Allman  Band.<\/p>\n<p>Frankie also played and toured with The Marshall Tucker Band from  1992-1994 and he played on their album, Walk Outside The Line. Frankie, along  with his brother Dan, recorded two albums as The Toler Brothers Band and  together they toured extensively throughout the country in the early 90s. In  2005, Frankie recorded an album with a legendary ensemble of Southern Rock  all-stars as the Renegades of Southern Rock; and in 2009 Frankie played drums on  the Toler\/Townsend Band\u2019s self-titled first album. <\/p>\n<p>Frankie Toler\u2019s  brother, Dan Toler, who was the lead guitarist for The Allman Brothers Band, the  Gregg Allman Band and Dickey Betts Great Southern Band, said of his younger  brother, \u201cFrankie was absolutely the best drummer I have ever played with in my  entire life. He was a part of my life for the past 60 years and to lose him now  is just devastating. But I did have the opportunity to grow up with one of the  best rock and roll drummers in the world and it was truly a gift from God. I was  blessed to have known him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Source: Mark Pucci Media<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DAVID \u201cFRANKIE\u201d TOLER, FORMER ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND DRUMMER, PASSES AWAY AT AGE 59<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/792","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=792"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/792\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}