Cinderella Guitarist Jeff LaBar Reportedly Dead at 58
Cinderella guitarist Jeff LaBar has reportedly died of unknown causes at the age of 58.
The news was broken by his son Sebastian, guitarist for the band Tantric. "So I just got the call… Jeff LaBar, my father, my hero, my idol, passed away today," he wrote on Instagram. "I’m currently at a loss for words."
LaBar joined Cinderella in 1985 and played on all four of their studio albums, including their 1986 debut
Long Cold Winter, both of which sold over three million copies.
After the release of 1994's
Still Climbing, the band entered a long period of fitful activity, with recurring vocal issues for frontman Tom Keifer and record label troubles keeping them from recording another studio album. Their last major tour took place in 2012. LaBar released a solo album,