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- Wayne Perkins, guitarist, died at age 74 after suffering a stroke.
- His brother, Dale, announced the death on Facebook.
- Perkins grew up in Birmingham, Alabama, and played on records by Bob Marley and Joni Mitchell.
- In 1975, he nearly joined the Rolling Stones but was passed over for Ronnie Wood.
- He declined an offer to join Lynyrd Skynyrd after the band's 1977 plane crash.
