I loved how positive Erin was. I had hoped that maybe we hadn't heard from him because he was getting better and busy rocking his Big Al's at punk rock gigs, but sadly not.
Hope you get to gig in the sky Erin. The Big Al will always be YOUR bass.
I saw the title to this thread and had a sick feeling it might mean what it does... So sorry to hear Erin lost his battle. Funny place this internet, when most of us are just random screen names to each other I think it may be a reflection of Erin's character that I feel such a loss for a guy I never had the privilege to meet.