Former Molly Hatchet Frontman Jimmy Farrar Dead at 68
Jimmy Farrar, singer of the band Molly Hatchet between 1980 and 1982, died yesterday (October 29) at age 68.
The news was confirmed by the band's bassist, Tim Lindsey, through Facebook.
A fan page for Molly Hatchet says Farrar died at 6:30 AM yesterday of congestive heart failure and kidney and liver Failure. He suffered three heart attacks in 2017 and bypass surgery was performed in Atlanta, Farrar's wife, who had lost her job, created
a GoFundMe page to raise money for her care.
Born on December 8, 1950 in La Grange, Georgia, Farrar began his career in Raw Energy Band, where he met Rocky Manbrettie, a former lead of Molly Hatchet. Manbrettie brought a demo of Farrar to the band manager, and they offered the job to Farrar shortly after Molly Hatchet split from then-singer Danny Joe Brown.
He made his recording debut in the platinum "Beatin 'the Odds", in 1980, in which Molly Hatchet moved away from the southern rock of her first two albums in favor of a more traditional hard rock sound. "Take No Prisoners" followed a year later, before Farrar moved away. He said he had quickly tired of Molly Hatchet's lifestyle.
"We had a lot of internal problems in the band, the consumption of alcohol and drugs and the stress of going on tour," Farrar told Swampland. "And living away from my family was like hell to me and I knew I could not raise my family 8,000 kilometers away, and I decided to go home and raise my family."
After leaving Molly Hatchet, he sang in Predator, Section 8 and Southern Rock All-Stars. Farrar later formed Gator Country, a band composed of ex-members of Molly Hatchet.
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