........42 years of my life I have listened to him and the Allman Brothers. Countless shows and actually got to met him to sign a concert promotion poster. There will never be another. I had bought tickets and airfare and hotel nights to see him on 06/14 and 06/15 in Savanah, Georgia this year and I live in New York and after those were cancelled I feared the worse would happen, and it has. He was one of the few that actually could sing Sam Cooke's ; '' Change Is Gonne Come '' with true musical conviction.' That '' generation '' and style of music has really come to a close. This is a huge loss.