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Gates Nichols retired from Confederate Railroad in December 2008, and in July of the following year, he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. He died from the disease on the morning of August 14, 2009, at the age of 65.
Warren “Gates” Nichols of Douglasville died Friday at Hospice Tranquility in Austell. Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Clark Funeral Home in Hiram.
Aug 17, 2009 · Warren "Gates" Nichols, a former member of the ACM Award-winning group Confederate Railroad, died Friday, Aug. 14, at Hospice Tranquility in Austell, Ga. The 65-year-old musician was diagnosed...
Aug 14, 2024 · The Steel Guitar Forum. I was thinking recently about the steel players I've met and become friends with recently, and there's one I wish I could've met, the one I wish I could've met was Confederate Railroad's former steel guitarist Gates Nichols. I watched him play Emmons guitars in several Confederate Railroad videos, and he is one of the ...
Confederate Railroad was founded in 1987 by Danny Shirley, Michael Lamb, Gates Nichols, Chris McDaniel, Wayne Secrest, and Mark Dufresne. The six members began playing at bars in and around Atlanta, Georgia.
Warren Gates Nichols May 26, 1944 - August 14, 2009 Gates was an original member of the band Confederate Railroad and is missed by all of us.
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May 2, 2016 · Tuesday, August 18, 2009 – Former Confederate Railroad member Warren "Gates" Nichols died Friday of pancreatic cancer in Austell, Ga. He was diagnosed about one month ago. Nichols, 65, played on the group's hits Queen of Memphis and Trashy Women.
