Lately, we've been playing a lot of Raul Malo/The Mavericks. Easily our (my wife and I) favorite artist. His voice was unmatched in modern music IMO. We saw him countless times at all sorts of venues, in all sorts of circumstances.. by himself, with his son on a 'solo' tour, with another guitarist on a 'solo' tour.... jamming in a Nashville bar, with a couple different versions of the Mavericks, etc. I don't think he ever really took a 'break'.
We had tickets to some canceled October dates, and we were looking forward to another NYE show, this time in Austin.
Losing him, Joe Ely, Rob Reiner, and Greg Biffle, the last NASCAR driver I pulled for, all in December...it's been a sh!tty month.