Beloved for his dedication to country music traditionalism with a garage-rock twist, Dallas Good, the co-founding vocalist and guitarist for the Sadies, died Thursday. According to the Toronto-based band’s Facebook page, the 48-year-old Good died of natural causes “while under a doctor’s care for a coronary illness.”
“The stage is dark today with the all-too-soon passing of one of music’s brightest lights,” the Facebook statement said. “We love you Dallas.”
Dallas and his guitarist-vocalist brother Travis — two sons of bluegrass icon Bruce Good of the Good Brothers, a Juno Award–winning ensemble — formed the Sadies in 1994 with a tart take on their father’s rustic traditions as their goal.
Armed with the sort of brotherly harmonies that would do the Everlys proud, the Goods and their fellow Sadies — bassist Sean Dean and drummer Mike…
