End of an era, indeed. I am younger by about ten years than most of those guys but it saddens me to realize that some of them could still be walking the earth today had things turned out differently. Wouldn't it be neat to have had Hank Williams live out a long life? Elvis? Joplin? Hendrix? So many others.

I guess it's true that

"Fame doesn't take away the pain
It just pays the bills..."