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A tribute to Alto Reed , by Dave Mason, Rock Hendrix and Tom Lauzon

Published: Dec. 31, 2020, 1:26 a.m.

b'The great Sax player who played with Bob Seger band for 50 years, Alto Reed made his transition Wed. Dec. 30th. We did\\xa0 tribute to Alto Reed , with Dave Mason, Rock Hendrix and Tom Lauzon. He passes away at his new home in Reno, teh Detroit News said,



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Saxophonist and \'showman\' Alto Reed of Bob Seger\'s Silver Bullet Band has died
Melody Baetens
The Detroit News

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Detroit musician Alto Reed, best known as the saxophone player in Bob Seger\'s band,\\xa0died Wednesday at age 72 after battling stage four colon cancer.
His musicality and woodwind chops are forever part of rock and roll history with his contributions to songs such as "Old Time Rock and Roll" and "Turn the Page." The saxophonist also is remembered for the electric showmanship he brought to the Silver Bullet Band\'s live concerts, most notably, "Live Bullet" at Cobo Hall in 1975.
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"Alto has been a part of our musical family, on and off stage, for nearly 50 years," said Seger in a statement issued Wednesday. "\\xa0I first starting playing with Alto in 1971. He was amazing \\u2014\\xa0he could play just about anything \\u2026 he was funky, could scat and play tenor sax and alto sax at the same time."
In his tribute, Seger said\\xa0in the\\xa0band, "Alto was the rock star."'