We are diminished. RIP
Don Schlitz, the architect behind many of country music’s most enduring songs, passed away on April 16 at a Nashville hospital after a sudden illness. He was 73.
As a writer of such country standards as “The Gambler,” “On the Other Hand,” “Forever and Ever, Amen,” “He Thinks He’ll Keep Her,” “The Greatest” and “When You Say Nothing At All,” Schlitz was a member of the Nashville Songwriter Hall of Fame, Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Country Music Hall of Fame.
https://musicrow.com/2026/04/breaking-hall-of-fame-songwriter-don-schlitz-passes-at-73/
Fantastic musician and songwriter. RIP, dude. Your music lives on.
I came here to say that, RIP
Heard that tune in High School History class
|RIP Joe
Yep, they owned the airwaves in the late 70’s
That age can’t be right, unless he was 12 at the time. 
Yeah I posted above that this is doing a big disservice to Brad Delp 
Heard this news on my local morning Jazz streaming station:
WOW… just heard this news as well:
Late to this one but the Hyperion Cantos are about the only books I’ve re-read. Originally when I was a teen and checked out of the library, and later when I bought the books. They’re still on my bookshelf. I also have Drood but haven’t been able to make much headway into it.
As an aside, there’s an art installation on Interstate 80 at the first exit in Iowa at The Iowa/Nebraska border that’s called “Odyssey”, but I always call it The Shrike. I’m sure you can imagine why:
I read those too, He was one of the great Sci-Fi writers. RIP
Just reading of this now…
Ahh shit, I used to know someone who was in the band (way after the fact)