I was shocked (only 66 years old) and saddened when I hear the news early this morning.
Someone whose music was always there and having just the right amount of righteous indignation, assertiveness, and down-to-earth friendliness. True Americana.
It was music you could always imagine you and some buds could play, and a lot of us did, and a guy not all that much different than those you hang out with.
I heard he had some on and off drug addiction issues, especially heroin, but at only 66, he is more of a peer than the older rockers who have passed in recent years.
"The End of the Line" keeps playing over & over in my head...
https://youtu.be/cwqhdRs4jyA?t=38