Dan Peek, a founding member of the band "America" died in his sleep Sunday night. I knew Dan when I was in high school and was a friend of his younger brother. He was a great and humble guy.

RIP Dan

r.i.p. dan peek. They were a really great band. I've been depressed this afternoon over this

I like America, I have a CD of them.

I've been pretty depressed over it also. I didn't meet Dan until just after he left America and moved back to the town where I grew up. Despite having already achieved such great success, he was one of the nicest and most unassuming guys you could ever meet.

My father used to play golf with his father and we boarded a couple of horses at his aunt's farm, so I knew his family pretty well. I feel really bad for all of them. Dan wasn't ill so this was very unexpected and a real shock.