I've seen Mike many, many times over the past thirty some years and I have frankly copied his wonderful autoharp style. I've seen him at Winfield, at White Springs, in Ann Arbor, at a girl scout camp in the Florida pineywoods....anywhere I could get to in a day...Pop Stoneman's style as well as Mabel's echo in his notes for me. He gave me countless hours of enjoyment with his records and performances. I admired his scholarly approach to music and I liked that Libba C. was able to secure her old age through the help of the Seeger family.

Now I'll remember he passed away every year on my own birthday...