Sleaze Roxx: Bruce Waibel

Birth Name: Bruce Waibel

Born: 1964 - Dover, New Jersey

Died: September 2, 2003 - Sarasota, Florida

Cause Of Death: Apparant Suicide

Albums:
1987 Gregg Allman - I'm No Angel
1988 Gregg Allman - Just Before The Bullets Fly
2000 Firehouse - O2
2002 Gregg Allman - No Stranger To The Dark: The Best Of Gregg Allman
2004 Sean Chambers - Humble Spirits
2004 Bill Leverty - Bill Leverty's Wanderlust

Details:
Former Firehouse bassist David Waibel was found dead at his home in Florida on Tuesday, September 2. from as-yet unknown causes. An autopsy report is being done to determine the cause of death.
Waibel, who was 39, was born in Dover, New Jersey, but had lived in Florida for the last 20 years. He played in Firehouse for three years and had previously performed with the Allman Brothers Band.
Bruce did three albums with Gregg, I'm No Angel, Just Before The Bullets Fly and a compilation of four CDs and cassettes that earned Bruce two gold records. Bruce also toured with the Marshall Tucker band and with Stevie Ray Vaughn. Bruce had also recently played and toured with the Dickey Betts band, Rick Derringer and a few others.