Mike, you and I are about the same age. I was also 12 when Jim died. I think it was a year or two later that I became a fan and started buying his records and playing his songs on juke boxes.

I have heard singers who date back to the 1920's up to the present day, some of which I enjoy hearing. But I have never heard a singer whose voice I like as much as I like Jim's. Or that affected me the same way. And I don't expect that will change.