its almost christmas and this will be our third christmas without you,, as u can imagine it isnt the same,, my world feels incomplete without you.. i love u and my thoughts are with you this christmas

I first heard Mr. Downing when i was a young boy, and fell in love with his music.
He played in Houma , La sometime in the 70's at a political rally for a man running for sheriff.
I want to say I'm sadden at the Passing of a wonderful entertainer.
.Tha man should be inducted in the country music hall of fame IMMEDIATLY!!
God bless Mr Downing and all his family.

Lawrence Guidry
Houma, La.

As some of the others have said, I wasn't aware that Big Al had passed away. I'm truly saddened to hear that. I've enjoyed his music for years, and he was one of my favorite country music artists. He will be missed, but fortunately he left a great legacy of music behind that we can still enjoy.

Rest in peace, Big Al.

I have tears in my eyes. I played with Al from the mid 80's - early 90's. I have never worked with a better showman, and I have been around the block a few times.
I've been looking to find Al for years. I have many tears to cry right now, because I didn't know before now that Al was gone. Some of my fondest musical memories are with Al.

Rest in peace, Al You were one of a kind, and I learned so much from you. Thank you so much for some of my fondest memories, my friend....

I am so sorry...

Tom Schulz

I had the pleasure of mixing Al's live shows between September of 1984 and January of 1986. Al was such a versatile and dynamic performer he never left an audience sitting in their seats at shows end. I have many fond memories which I can not share here, but all I can say is "a large time was had by all." I especially miss the card games we had on the bus. Rest in peace big brown, you've earned it.