Legendärer Folkmusiker: Songwriter Jackie Leven ist tot

Short obituary from the Hamburg editorial office on the day after the death (15.11.2011, 17:27). It names heroin addiction, alcohol, delusion, depression and longing as Leven's main themes, describes him as a “colossus” with a filigree voice and places him in the tradition of Johnny Cash (prison live album in Norway, “Elegy for Johnny Cash” 2005). Mentions the last album, released in September, which was partly written “in hotel rooms here”, and that Leven had loyal fans in Germany and toured regularly. Overall tone: respectful, brief.