I heard Erik perform with a number of different groups in the fifties and early sixties. His work with the Weavers was a really energizing influence on the group. I especially remember the banjo and twelve-string work. I'm trying to recall how many of my old LP's on which his name appears, either as a backup or featured performer. My sincere regrets to his family. Ironically, I did not know he was in the Chapel Hill area. My brother and his family also live in that lovely part of NC.

I think what touches so many of us, when we hear of another such passing, is our own mortality. I realize that most of the entertainers I knew growing up are long gone. Those people whose music and humor touched our lives - indelible memories - go, one by one, to a higher calling.