‘There Will Be Music Despite Everything’: A Tribute to Neil King Jr.

The author of "American Ramble" was a magnetic force who changed those around him

Neil King Jr. was an extraordinary human being who greeted a cancer diagnosis in 2017 by becoming a swirling vortex of life and wonder. His absence is now a painful void.

At age 58, he was knocked backward by a season of cancer treatments. But Neil emerged from that period more thirsty than ever to drink deeply of life, all the way to the dregs.  

To know…