Pour one out for this cowboy. Beloved country singer Ray Cobb has died. The 75-year-old musician was an underrated presence in the genre but a much beloved one as well.
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He sadly passed away over the weekend at the McLeod Hospice House in Florence, South Carolina. Scotty Dangerfield confirmed his passing on social media.
"Sure hate to see this loss to our local music scene,"
Scotty Dangerfield wrote on Facebook. "Ray Cobb was a true musical legend in these parts. He was always a fun one to see play and be around. It was a true experience to walk through his doors at midnight and listen to that band fire up. It was take me back to the early years when music was my life."We will never have that experience again Ray brought to our area in true dive bar fashion," he also added. "Play on brother, gonna miss seeing you sitting on that front porch with that guitar in your rocking chair!!! You were a true musical rebel, rest easy my friend!!!"
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Cobb was a frequent presence in Nashville, opening for "many well-known country music artists." However, he also toured all across the country with the Ray Cobb Band. In his latter years, the country singer settled in South Carolina alongside his wife Belinda.
He also owned his own bar called Cobb's Corner for 25 years. The country singer frequently performed alongside his band at the venue. Thanks to the bar, he was a regular presence in the community. He earned many fans.
"He was a nice, genuine man," Lee Bennett wrote on Facebook. "Kind-hearted. He was confident and unwavering in his beliefs, but he didn't mind other points of view. We could talk about politics, religion, whatever. Old-school country. They don't make 'em like that anymore."
Meanwhile, one former bandmate named James Jarrell Jr. shared that he started performing with Cobb in 1996.
"We were with Ray until he decided to come off the road, and we played our last show 12/19/1999," he wrote. "We all kept in touch with Ray, and we're all going to miss him very much. Rest in peace Chief. You're singing with the angels now."
