Kris Kristofferson described Steve as "the sweetest, funniest, happiest, brightest spirit I ever ran into...a truly gifted artist, he took such obvious joy in his work and his life that he was a joy to be around. Unlike most of us , he knew he didn't have time to waste on anything but the good stuff. His spirit is a candle in the darkness."
@@ListentoFolkMusic - I got to know him a little over a two-day period in 1968 when he came down from Chicago to Champaign, IL to spend the weekend visiting at his former U of Illinois dorm. He stayed in the adjoining room to mine with his former bandmate from high school. We had remarkably similar backgrounds and developed a little running joke about possibly having known each other at some previous time, or even being related. (I was a second-semester freshman at the time and had no prior U of I connection with him. And at that point I had never seen or heard him as a musician.)
@@alanoneill3065 - You're welcome, Alan, and I like your use of the Kris Kristofferson quote. He was definitely "a joy to be around" for the short time that I got to know him
Wouldn't have been awesome to be old enough to go to this concert. Watches individual. What a awesome individual state? Good in the nest with songwritings. Many people saying his songs God bless America.
