Longtime Charlie Daniels Band Keyboardist Dies, Concert at Fair Cancelled

NASHVILLE – Joel Taz DiGregorio, longtime keyboard player and vocalist for The Charlie Daniels Band, has died. He was 67.

According to a press release from the Charlie Daniels Band (CDB), DiGregorio died Wednesday night as a result of injuries he sustained in a single car accident in Cheatham County, TN, while driving to meet the CDB tour bus. The accident occurred on I-40 West of Nashville. The band was scheduled to depart for Cumming for a concert appearance at the on Oct. 13.

The CDB has cancelled their concert scheduled for tonight, Oct. 13 at the fair and at least one other date.

"I am in shock now, Taz was one of my best friends," said Charlie Daniels in the press release. "The CDB family has lost a great friend and musician. We traveled many miles together and shared so many nights on the road. Were going to miss you buddy. You were one of a kind and will never be forgotten.  We send our deepest condolences to the family."

DiGregorio, from Southbridge, MA, was an original member of the CDB for more than 40 years and a co-writer on many CDB songs, including "The Devil Went Down To Georgia."

Funeral arrangements are incomplete at this time.