Lifenotes: Musician Jack L. Solomon

Accomplished musician Jack L. Solomon died Tuesday, June 24 in Nashville. He was 71.
Born Feb. 12, 1943 in Columbus, Ohio, Solomon moved to Nashville and began playing guitar with The Jones Boys with George Jones, and later on session recordings with Jones, Dolly Parton, Marty Robbins, Alabama, Pete Drake, Bobby Bare, Ernest Tubb, Mel Tillis, Webb Pierce, The Oak Ridge Boys, Leon Russell, Andy Williams, B. J. Thomas, David Allan Coe, Slim Whitman, Jim Lauderdale, and his wife, Melba Montgomery, among others.
Solomon was a 32nd degree Mason, loved riding his Harley-Davidson motorcycles, and playing golf. He is survived by his wife, Melba Montgomery Solomon, and four daughters, Tara Denise Solomon, Diana Lynn Cirigliano, Melba Jacqueline Chancey, and Melissa Solomon Barrett, as well as five grandchildren, Dannielle, Kai, Mollie, Bella, and Little Jack, and also two great-grandchildren, Jonas and Ian Maxwell. Jack is also survived by his sister, Jean Solomon Ticer and niece, Diane Holt.
Family and friends gathered for a celebration of life on Friday, June 27 at Harpeth Hills Memory Gardens and Funeral Home in Nashville. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Shriners Hospitals For Children were encouraged and appreciated.