A very sad day for the music and for all who knew him. My thoughts are with the family and all his many friends who will be mourning his loss.

We used to correspond on another site years ago and he helped me out on a few things from finding Civil War era songs (I was a re-enactor back then) to obtaining missing booklets for Folk-Legacy recordings I'd purcased used. His good conversation and generosity were greatly valued. I finally got to meet him at a Washington DC area appearence and he was as gracious in person as he'd been in print.

And, of course, anything on Folk Legacy could be purchased sight unseen/sound unheard and would be pretty much guaranteed not to disappoint. How many labels with that many recordings could say THAT about. A quality human being putting out a quality body of music, who himself sang a quality body of music in a way that was delightful to hear. A man to be revered for his accomplishments, his loss is tremendous.