Personal note here: In the last few months our concert industry has lost some friends who tragically passed before their time. Some left nothing but their legacy and a Facebook fund to help their kids. Some lost their spouses. We get paid well and life insurance is relatively cheap. My heart breaks to see that any children are left to fend for themselves because we felt 10 feet tall and bulletproof. Please look after your families now. Cover their future. I’m tired of these tears while I make on line donations.
—Nook Schoenfeld, from “LD at Large,” July 2014
