Chris Ethridge, who rose to fame as the bassist for the Flying Burrito Brothers before spending the last part of his career touring with Willie Nelson’s band, has passed away at the age of 65 from pancreatic cancer.

Willie tweeted the following in response to Ethridge’s passing:

WN&F are sad to hear of the passing of Family member & friend Chris Ethridge he was a talented musician & we were honored to call him Family

Our thoughts and condolences go out to Ethridges’ family.