Chuck Ruff

Chuck Ruff was born in Reno, Nevada on May 25, 1951 and played in the rock group [a2417163] with Ronnie Montrose and Bill Church from 1968–1970. Ruff and Montrose later joined [a52240] with [a15165] to form The Edgar Winter Group in 1972. In 1977, Ruff joined [a245017] and performed on the albums Street Machine (1979) and Danger Zone (1979).He died in San Francisco, California on October 14, 2011 after a long illness.He was survived by two children.