The 73-year-old iconic musician has been officially announced as a recipient for the prestigious Troubadour Award at a private ceremony in September in Nashville.
Months after the 72-year-old bassist passed away in his sleep, his surviving bandmates issue a statement calling out 'bogus goods' being peddled as commemorative items.
After performing the band's opening number in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, guitarist Billy Gibbons introduces Elwood Francis to fans as their late bassist's replacement.
Bandmates Billy Gibbons and Frank Beard confirm that the bassist died at his home in Houston, Texas, and rocker Jeff Scott Soto is among the first to pay tribute.
On July 23, the band's bassist was replaced onstage in New Lenox, Illinois by longtime guitar technician, Elwood Francis, since he was forced to return to Texas due to the injury.