Chronicle: Blackberry Smoke co-founder and drummer Brit Turner passed away Sunday (3/3) from brain cancer. He was 57. The Atlanta-based country-rock band was formed in 2000, hitting the Country chart in 2013 with the single "Pretty Little Lie." Turner was diagnosed with glioblastoma in 2022. "If you had the privilege of knowing Brit on any level, you know he was the most caring, empathetic, driven and endearing person one could ever hope to meet," the band shared on social media. "Brit was Blackberry Smoke’s True North, the compass that instituted the ideology that will continue to guide this band." Information on services is forthcoming.

Country Radio Hall of Famer Arch Yancey passed away today (3/4). He was 88. Yancey's career began in 1955, when he bested his radio school classmate Johnny Cash for a job at WBIP/Booneville, MS. Three years later, Yancey landed at then-Top 40 KNUZ-AM/Houston. In 1966, he moved to then-Country KIKK, but returned to KNUZ-AM as PD/afternoons when it flipped to Country in 1973. Yancey spent a total of 31 years on the air and in programming in Houston before retiring in 1989. Yancey was named Gavin Country Personality of the Year in 1971 and ACM Personality of the Year in 1982. He was inducted into the Country Radio Hall of Fame in 2006, and the Texas Radio Hall of Fame the following year. No word on services.