After a lazy morning, I logged on to check my email this afternoon, only to find a message from a friend saying that Rob Little, an old tape-trading partner and fellow Blues Traveler fan had died. Of melanoma. At 32. We did a few trades back when I was still trading cassettes, and I think his last email to me was a year or so back when he sent me some information on his favorite band, God Street Wine, for a track listing in Blues Traveler's discography. I visited his hometown of Baltimore last summer - to see a concert, of course - and never even thought to drop him a line, to ask if I'd see him at the show. According to his obituary, it looks like that was right around the time when he was beginning treatment for a mole on his back. Just a little mole, and now six months later, he's gone. I had no idea.
Time to go pop in one of his tapes and give it a listen...
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