Rising nation music star Luke Bell handed away at 32 after allegedly going lacking for greater than per week. Bell’s good friend and fellow nation singer Matt Kinman confirmed the “heartbreaking” information to the music web site Saving Nation Music.
Born in Kentucky and raised in Wyoming, Bell was discovered useless in Tucson, Arizona, yesterday, close to the place he had been reported lacking on Aug. 20, in accordance with the Tucson Police Division.
As of but, the singer’s explanation for loss of life stays “unknown,” per authorities presently probing the tragedy. Nonetheless, Kinman advised music weblog the Boot that his buddy had been identified with bipolar dysfunction, including that a current change in his treatment might need “performed a task” in his disappearance.
Born in Lexington, Kentucky, on Jan. 27, 1990, and raised in Cody, Wyoming, Bell dropped out of the College of Wyoming and moved to Austin, Texas, to pursue a profession in nation music. He commonly carried out at honky-tonks and saloons throughout the Lone Star State’s capital, earlier than doing a brief stint in New Orleans, the Boot reported. He then made his option to Wyoming earlier than ending up in Nashville.
The honey-throated nomad lastly acquired his massive break after getting signed by Thirty Tigers in 2016. Bell launched his eponymous album later that yr, which garnered him nationwide recognition.
In the course of the course of his brief however impactful profession, the nation star collaborated with the likes of Alabama Shakes, Margo Worth and Langhorne Slim, and even performed assist slots for Willie Nelson, Dwight Yoakam and different nation icons.
“To be trustworthy, I reside within the day, and I depend smiles,” Bell mentioned whereas describing his success to the Boot in 2016. “That’s it. Hear, half the time, I find yourself ingesting beer with my neighbors. Life’s not that unhealthy.”
Along with his premature loss of life, Bell leaves behind a legacy as one of the vital “genuine” nation artists in fashionable instances, with tunes that seize a bygone period. The singer’s distinctive sound and magnificence earned him comparisons to the late, nice Waylon Jennings, who impressed nation music’s Outlaw Motion.
Many followers deemed Bell a real authentic in a music scene oversaturated with sterile, by-product pop songs.
Buddies and followers have been crestfallen over the musician’s passing.
“Man…Luke Bell…what the f–okay,” wrote fellow nation star Joshua Hedley on Twitter. “RIP to an actual one. Been a very long time since I noticed him and I used to be simply speaking about him the opposite day questioning what he’s been as much as. Really a tragic evening for nation music.”
In the meantime, band Mike and the Moonpies penned a shifting Fb tribute.
“Phrase simply got here down on the passing of Luke Bell and we’re heartbroken over the information,” they wrote. “I can vividly bear in mind the primary time I met Luke at Gap within the Wall over a decade in the past, right down to the garments on his again.”
They added, “The person (and his music) left an impression. He was an actual deal touring troubadour on the market on that misplaced freeway. Do your self a favor and placed on some Luke Bell tunes tonight in his reminiscence. Relaxation In Peace, good friend.”
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