We’ll miss you, Snowman.

Fuck.

The guy was in the midst of a career renaissance that included his excellent album “Troubadour”, reviewed here recently (not to mention that Miley Cyrus just covered his “Girls Just Want To Have Fun”, which was set to net him a ton of cash if nothing else), and now this. He was supposed to play a show tonight at Bethlehem Musikfest that I wanted to go to (but couldn’t, for financial reasons), but unbeknownst to me, he’d cancelled about 2 weeks ago because of the health issues that took his life (apparently another one sadly lost to pancreatic cancer, if Wikipedia’s information is accurate.).

Story here, and you can also pay your respects over at Robert’s MySpace page.

I’d say more about Robert Hazard here, what was great about his music, and how terrific it was that he managed to have a second career over what turned out to be the last decade of his life, but I totally feel like I’ve had the wind knocked out of me right now, so instead, I’ll point you to the sites I’ve linked to above, and strongly recommend that you familiarize yourself with his work.

What a bummer, man.

Al had a hell of a run, though, and created something that, for better or worse, left an indelible mark on the human psyche.