Early this morning the news started to filter out through the community. I saw the rumors on social media and received text messages from old friends in the scene, but hoped it wasn’t true. Unfortunately, it now appears that Daniel Hutchens of the legendary Athens band Bloodkin has passed away.
Hutchens and Bloodkin co-founder Eric Carter came to Athens in 1986. Both natives of Huntington, West Virginia, they had known one another since the age of eight. In 1986 they hit the road with the goal of going to some known music towns and making something happen. They got to Athens and never left.