Farewell Jeff LaBar

This is some lousy news. Cinderella guitarist Jeff LaBar has died. No cause of death has been released and his son made the announcement on social media.

Honestly, this one is a shock and seemingly comes out of left field. At the time of this writing, there's been no official statement from anyone in the Cinderella camp.

CINDERELLA Guitarist JEFF LABAR Dead At 58 https://t.co/0U1iztHbHS pic.twitter.com/7sZftiyPok

— BLABBERMOUTH.NET (@BLABBERMOUTHNET) July 14, 2021

Comments

[Bkallday]

Horrible news. Thank God I got to see them back in the day. 😞

[Kixchix]

Horrible news. Last I heard he became a chef. So sad to hear.

[Gary]

My age (as of next month). It’s fleeting folks. Make the most of it and try to make people around you a little happier. RIP Jeff.

[oper8n]

Incredibly sad to learn of his passing. Glad I had the chance to see Cinderella many years ago.
Take care of yourselves and those you love, as we truly never know when our last day is.

[SparkyDR99]

Very sad to hear. He was a true East Coast rocker and a great musician. His solo record from a few years back was a very cool listen. RIP.

https://youtu.be/zl3fswzTxP0

[Metalboy!]

RIP, Jeff Le Bar …

I had several interactions with him on The Monsters of Rock Cruises over the years and saw their last 2 shows, which also happened to take place on one of those cruises.

During the very last show, Tom Kiefer called out Le Bar, who was noticeably drunk or f*cked up in some sort of way - “lit”, as it were, as he twice leaned his head on Kiefer’s chest during the second set …

Regardless, I thought they still sounded flawlessly excellent. But, apparently not so, for Kiefer, as he called out Jeff in what was to become his farewell speech to the crowd, though I don’t think he realized that’s what it was at the time.

Kiefer: I just wanted to take a moment to thank all the fans who supported us over the last 30 plus years. You mean the world to us. In all those 30 years, I want you all to know, Cinderella never once “mailed it in”, right Jeff?”, motioning over to Le Bar, as if to insinuate Le Bar wasn’t playing to his fullest ability that night.

And while that may be true, I can tell you in no uncertain terms, Cinderella sounded a h*lluva lot better than Kiefer’s solo efforts have or ever will.

So, no matter what Kiefer thought at that time, Le Bar was and forever will be 1/4 of one of The Greatest Hair Metal Bands of All Time and no one will ever be able to take that away from him.

You’re finally out of Tom’s shadow, Jeff … May You Rest In Peace!

[Steverox]

What MB wrote. 👍👍

[Bkallday]

Great words MB. Kiefer’s solo stuff is nothing near what Cinderella was. He just doesn’t wanna hafta split money equally with anyone these days. RIP Jeff