I had heard his health wasn't great earlier this year, as he wasn't able to attend the "Hi, How Are You Day" show done at ACL Live.
I remember his cassettes ALWAYS being on a little countertop display at Waterloo Records. Like, at the height of the CD boom, when nobody was buying cassettes, Waterloo still sold Daniel's with the distinct homemade artwork on white paper.
I have a really neat drawing he did of him and the devil sitting at the campfire he signed his name in red under the devil and black under him Devil's thought bubble says "Wow boy, you sure are entertaining" I am trying to grab a couple missing vinyl pieces before it all sells out too
It was cool seeing Conor Oberst do his cover of 'Devil Town' when Better Oblivion Community Center rolled through town earlier this year.