Overview

• Turner died on Sept. 4 at age 63, his son Bobby confirmed on social media, adding that he is "no longer in pain"; no cause was disclosed.
• He was longtime primary steel guitarist for Waylon Jennings and appeared on multiple Jennings albums through the early 2000s.
• Career highlights include playing on 1976’s Wanted! The Outlaws and contributing to The Highwaymen’s 1990 and 1995 releases.
• His work spanned generations with credits on projects by Chris Stapleton, Sturgill Simpson, Colter Wall, Tanya Tucker, Randy Travis and others.
• He was honored in the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum’s Nashville Cats series in 2019 and released solo albums Man of Steel (1996) and Steel Country (1998).