STAPLETON, Ala. (AP) – Willie Nelson says his friend and longtime guitarist Jody Payne will be missed. Payne toured with Nelson for more than three decades. Payne’s wife says he woke up at their home in Stapleton, Alabama, feeling ill, and she called an ambulance. He died Saturday morning of cardiac problems. Payne was 77.

 

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