Caryl P was a good friend and a great supporter of other musicians whose work she liked. I remember showing up in Phillie for my first gig at the Cherry Tree and she was there (this was before her terrible accident) offering to carry my guitar case and ushering me off to the Gene Shay show. Whenever I was with her, I felt like a star--- she did that for people. She often backed me up on bass-- a great treat for a ballad singer!

I was delighted when she moved back East to Annapolis and we often jammed together or met to sing shanties in Wheaton. A few weekends before she died, Christina Muir, Judy Cook, Dennis Cook, Charlie Baum, and I sang on her birthday with her-- a few friends dropped in and her landlords made us feel very, very welcome.

Caryl told us wonderful stories from her life and sang a few a capella songs. I am glad, once we all learned that there was no hope, that she went so quickly.