Alabama 3 singer and co-founder Jake Black, who was also known as The Very Reverend D.Wayne Love, has died.
He passed away on Tuesday afternoon, according to a statement posted to the band's Facebook page.
The statement read: ''Early this afternoon, on a beautiful summer's day, our friend, comrade and spiritual teacher, Jake Black AKA The Very Reverend D.Wayne Love, passed over to the higher ground.
"After a magnificent performance at the Highpoint Festival in Lancashire, D.Wayne in his supreme wisdom, decided it was the appropriate moment for his ascencion into the next level. (sic)''
The band, who are best known for their 1997 track Woke Up This Morning, which was used in the opening credits to The Sopranos, have not confirmed Black's cause of death, but they did state his passing was ''painless and peaceful''.
They added: ''He was surrounded by brothers Larry Love, L.B. Dope, The Spirit, Jonny Jamm and Sister Therese Mullan.
"We are heartbroken."
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