"He's iconic here," says Valley Fever DJ Dana Armstrong.
That's how Tucson bluesman Tom Walbank was able to round up no fewer than 28 artists, from Calexico and Howe Gelb to Kid Congo Powers, for a tribute album benefiting Foul, who started chemotherapy for throat cancer in February.
"He went public with his cancer and subsequent chemo," Walbank says.
"And I was wondering what I could do. So I started calling around to musicians I knew to get an album together of everybody covering his songs. And everyone rallied. No one was a diva. It came together in two weeks."
Arizona musicians willingly stepped up