Stephen and I met when I opened for Kris Kristofferson at the U. of M, Ann Arbor back in 1971. We bonded immediately and and grew even closer over the years, hanging at gigs, in Woodstock, LA,Austin and on the road. He has always been one of my closest friends, in music and in sharing our personal lives. We partied together, got sober around the same time and it's nearly impossible to imagine my life without him.