Man...
CBZ was the first member of this fine forum to have dialogue with me one-on-one and his nice manner and his welcoming way was actually what made mestart hanging around here.
I lost my father to lung cancer. He was from Texas, like CBZ. He was also 65 when he passed away and he too used to be a band director.
Maybe in part because of that, CBZ's passing has hit me pretty hard. It is so awful.
You hear this a lot... but this place truly won't be the same now that he is gone.
It's terribly sad, terribly timed and... well, it's just terrible.
My condolences go out to his loved ones.
I will miss him.