This must be so hard for Caroline and her family; to lose Kaelan and Sandy in such a short space.

May I offer my love and sympathy to all. I'll miss Sandy here - I never met him, but I liked reading his contributions. I think that in calling his business "Folk Legacy" Sandy has passed on a priceless inheritance already; Art Thieme's post testifies just how valuable that has been.

I'd love to hear more stories about Sandy's visits to Britain in the 1950's; it strikes me that with Jean Ritchie, Alan Lomax, Ken Goldstein and Sandy Paton there was a strong American influence on the revival of folk music in Britain and Ireland. They all spread the news that traditional music and song still flourished, and encouraged a new generation to learn from such great singers as Jeannie Robertson.

Matthew