On Friday, December 6, Jimmy T Thurston played a show at the Old Post with his longtime band, the Cobras. In true Jimmy T style, it was a rowdy and raucous night at the South Burlington roadhouse.

"I heard it was crazy good," said Thurston's son, country singer Jamie Lee Thurston. "The whole place was standing up, guitar player ripping solos. I heard it was great."

Though no one knew it at the time, it was also Jimmy T's last show. The Vermont rocker, known to many as "Vermont's Grandfather of Rock and Roll," died on Sunday, December 15. He was 78.