Bassist Banner Thomas, a member of Molly Hatchet's lineup during the band's earliest and most commercially successful years as a recording act, has died at the age of 63.
When Southern rockers Molly Hatchet unveiled their eponymous debut album 35 years ago, all they wanted was a shot to get their career up and running on a national level, following three years of dues-paying in and around the humid swamps of their native Florida. But for a greedy record industry, fairly chomping at the bit to find the next Lynyrd Skynyrd (whose plane infamously crashed in late 1977
Pat Travers will headline night two at Hillbilly's Blues Fest in Alcester, SD Saturday June 15. Crash got a chance to talk to the Travers as he and the band prepare to roll into town.