What is Donnie Fritts?
{{Infobox musical artist | name = Donnie Fritts | image = <!-- Deleted image removed: [[File:Fritts.jpg|thumbnail|center]] --> | image_size = | landscape = <!-- yes, if wide image, otherwise leave blank --> | alt = | caption = | background = non_vocal_instrumentalist | birth_name = Donald Ray Fritts | native_name = | native_name_lang = | alias = | birth_date = {{birth date|1942|11|8}} | birth_place = [[Florence, Alabama]], U.S. | origin = | death_date = {{death date and age|2019|08|27|1942|11|8}} | death_place = [[Birmingham, Alabama]], U.S. | genre = | occupation = Session musician, songwriter | instrument = [[Keyboardist|Keyboard]] | years_active = <!-- YYYY–YYYY (or –present) --> | label = | associated_acts = [[Kris Kristofferson]] | website = <!-- {{URL|example.com}} --> }} '''Donald Ray Fritts'''<ref name = NYTimes>{{cite news|url = https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/29/arts/music/donnie-fritts-dead.html|title = Donnie Fritts, Who Bridged Soul and Country Music, Dies at 76|work = [[The New York Times]]|date = August 29, 2019|access-date = August 29, 2019|last = Friskics-Warren|first = Bill}}</ref> (November 8, 1942 – August 27, 2019) was an American [[session musician]] and [[songwriter]]. In 2008, he was added into the [[Alabama]] Music Hall of Fame. He was known for working with [[Kris Kristofferson]]. Working closely with [[Rick Hall]], [[Billy Sherrill]], [[Dan Penn]], [[Arthur Alexander]], [[David Briggs (American musician)|David Briggs]], [[Jerry Carrigan]] and [[Norbert Putnam]]. In 2014, he appeared on ''Country Funk Vol. II'', a [[compilation album]] from [[Light in the Attic Records|Light in the Attic]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://lightintheattic.net/releases/1176-country-funk-volume-ii-1967-1974|title=V/A - Country Funk Volume II 1967 - 1974|website=Light