Sorry, that was me. This is an interesting thread.

PoppaGator, Tom Rush is alive and well, and still performing. I had a chance to meet him recently at the Boston Folk Festival, where I was a finalist (and third-place winner, out of close to 400 entries) in their first annual songwriting contest. Tom Rush introduced the finalists, was one of three judges (Joel Mabus was another), and played a fine set to finish the evening off. Tom now lives out west somewhere -- Wyoming, I think -- and spends a lot of his time taking care of the homestead and animals. But he still gets out there to play, and still sounds great.