Quoted: Obituary | The singer-songwriter, who died of liver cancer at 57, touched people with his songs and personality.

Chris Gaffney is my step-uncle-in-law. I know that sounds weird but it's true. He's a talented musician, one of my deceased father's good friends, and was just diagnosed with liver cancer. please help out if you can!

My uncle-in-law tours with Dave Alvin, who is featured on this little 7-minute radio segment for his new album. IN fact, they mention him right at the beginning (Chris Gaffney).

Quoted: KQED Public Radio free audio archive of 'The California Report Magazine 2006-06-02' from the locally-produced program The California Report.

My uncle-in-law tours with Dave Alvin and this is a KQED interview with Dave speaking about one of his song characters, "Everett Ruess"

Quoted: Grammy-winning songwriter Dave Alvin talks about the man behind his song "Everett Ruess." Born in Los Angeles in 1914, Ruess was an artist, poet and wanderer who spent most of his short life exploring the wilderness of the West.