I have just received word that Toshi Seeger passed over this morning, peacefully and surrounded by her family.

Although Toshi was never known as a musician, she made it all possible. Among other things, she made sure that Pete was free to be out front in his many musical and humanitarian efforts.

I first met her in 1968 at the New York Boat Show, where she and Pete had a booth set up to solicit money and membership for a replica of a Hudson River Sloop, which came to fruition in 1969 as the Hudson River Sloop Clearwater. She was always a power behind and within the organization, being a major organizer of the festivals which became a major annual event and fundraising part of Clearwater's public face.

In recent years, she had become increasingly enfeebled although she resisted her family's efforts to get her to use a motorized chair.

At the Clearwater festivals, one of her nicknames was "The Dragon Lady" after the paint job on her golf cart.

When I know more, I will add it.