I'm sorry to hear of his ails. I guess the past twenty years have not been kind to his health. Although I have seen pictures of Travis as an older man, I somehow still see him (and Bud) as lithe, vibrant entertainers. Such is the beauty of memory. I wish him well.

I think I told the story of how I heard of Bud's passing, but in case...In the early 90's Mrs. Sunset Coast and I used to go to hear a singer, Joanne Montana, whom we had gotten friendly with. One night she introduced one of her songs, crediting her guitar teacher, Bud Dashiell. After the set, I asked about him, and she told me he had died about 4 or 5 years earlier. That news ruined my appreciation of her second set.

I think it's harder to take the death of someone whose work you appreciated, but had not heard or listened to in a long time...such as Bud, such as Odetta or Ed McCurdy, what? about four years ago.