# RIP Alto Reed, sax player for Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** celebrity-death\
**Created:** [December 30, 2020, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-alto-reed-sax-player-for-bob-seger-and-the-silver-bullet-band/929298 "2020-12-30T23:40:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2020, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-alto-reed-sax-player-for-bob-seger-and-the-silver-bullet-band/929298/1 "2020-12-30T23:40:57Z")

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Time for one of the great sax players to Turn the Page.

> **[‘Alto was the rock star’: Bob Seger remembers longtime bandmate Alto Reed](https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2020/12/30/alto-was-the-rock-star-bob-seger-remembers-longtime-bandmate-alto-reed/)**
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> Alto Reed died at the age of 72 on Wednesday after a battle with colon cancer.

[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/GONmFCkCGCc/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AHUBoAC4AOKAgwIABABGGMgRChlMA8=&rs=AOn4CLCjyoiPAKZyruOCkkzL1U8j3TNemg "Bob Seger - Turn The Page (1973 Radio Version)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GONmFCkCGCc)

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**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2020, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-alto-reed-sax-player-for-bob-seger-and-the-silver-bullet-band/929298/2 "2020-12-31T01:47:24Z")

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Somewhere I have a picture of him wailing away as he strutted past me at a concert at the Oakland Arena. I guess hopping off the stage and playing his solo while walking around in the audience was a thing for him.

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**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2020, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-alto-reed-sax-player-for-bob-seger-and-the-silver-bullet-band/929298/3 "2020-12-31T02:56:45Z")

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Please tell me that’s his real name

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**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2020, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-alto-reed-sax-player-for-bob-seger-and-the-silver-bullet-band/929298/4 "2020-12-31T03:33:55Z")

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Nope, that would be too cool. It was Thomas Neal Cartmell. He also played with the Blues Brothers and Grand Funk Railroad among a list of many others.