{"id":431,"date":"2016-01-16T07:17:02","date_gmt":"2016-01-16T07:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southernstarssymphonicbrass.com\/?p=431"},"modified":"2016-01-16T07:17:02","modified_gmt":"2016-01-16T07:17:02","slug":"southern-stars-brass-mourns-the-passing-of-friend-and-guitar-great-pete-huttlinger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southernstarssymphonicbrass.com\/?p=431","title":{"rendered":"Southern Stars Brass mourns the passing of friend and guitar great, Pete Huttlinger"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 453px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.petehuttlinger.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nashvillejazz.org\/images\/event-images\/pete_huttlinger.jpg\" alt=\"Pete Huttlinger, 54, passed away Friday, January 15, 2016, at Vanderbilt University Medical Center after suffering a stroke on Monday, January 11.\" width=\"443\" height=\"318\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pete Huttlinger, 54, passed away Friday, January 15, 2016, at Vanderbilt University Medical Center after suffering a stroke on Monday, January 11.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It is with great sadness the Southern Stars Symphonic Brass learned tonight of the passing of guitar virtuoso Pete Huttlinger. Huttlinger was a friend of the band, and had been a wonderful guest soloist in a recent concert. His musical genius, effortless mastery of his instrument, and his wit that made his stage presence something to be envied will all be greatly missed. The band and its President and Founder, Dwight Wages, extends condolences to Pete&#8217;s family, loved ones, friends, and fans everywhere. May he rest in peace, and may his music last forever.<\/p>\n<p>He was a 1984 graduate of the prestigious Berklee College of Music, and\u00a0in 2000\u00a0won the National Fingerpick\u00a0Guitar Championship. Country legend Vince Gill once described as him as \u201cwickedly gifted,\u201d and his performances and recordings lived up to that compliment.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Huttlinger is survived by his beloved wife, Erin Morris Huttlinger (the couple recently co-authored a book, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Joined-Heart-Guitars-Resilience-Marigolds\/dp\/069243626X\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cJoined at the Heart: A Story of Love, Guitars, Resilience and Marigolds&#8221;<\/a>);\u00a0stepchildren Sean Della Croce and James Della Croce;\u00a0a brother, Frank Huttlinger, in California;\u00a0and a sister, Theresa Vigour, in Mississippi.<\/p>\n<p>Read more here:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tennessean.com\/story\/entertainment\/music\/2016\/01\/15\/master-guitarist-pete-huttlinger-dies\/78796926\/\">http:\/\/www.tennessean.com\/story\/entertainment\/music\/2016\/01\/15\/master-guitarist-pete-huttlinger-dies\/78796926\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is with great sadness the Southern Stars Symphonic Brass learned tonight of the passing of guitar virtuoso Pete Huttlinger. Huttlinger was a friend of the band, and had been a wonderful guest soloist in a recent concert. His musical genius, effortless mastery of his instrument, and his wit that made his stage presence something [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southernstarssymphonicbrass.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southernstarssymphonicbrass.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southernstarssymphonicbrass.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southernstarssymphonicbrass.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southernstarssymphonicbrass.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=431"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/southernstarssymphonicbrass.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":432,"href":"https:\/\/southernstarssymphonicbrass.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431\/revisions\/432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southernstarssymphonicbrass.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southernstarssymphonicbrass.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southernstarssymphonicbrass.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}