I just heard the news of Sean Blackburn's death and am so very sorry to hear about this. I remember seeing Sean and Dakota Dave Hull playing in the 70's in Minneapolis and always enjoyed their music together. I recently figured out how to digitize my old albums and copied North by Southwest onto my computer and iPod. It was great to be able to listen to all my old favorites again....and did a search on ebay to see if they had any other albums. I found River of Swing and bought it right away. I copied it tonight and was enjoying the music when I thought I would google Sean and Dave to see if they were still playing together.

...I too feel like I was punched in the stomach tonight to hear the news. I treasure the memories of his music, and always wished I could grow a mustache.