I was greatly saddened to hear of Tom's death. For about three years I played fiddle in his band the New Deal String Band (or as Tom would sometimes call it, the Nude Eel String Band), and these gigs provided some of the most memorable experiences of my life. We toured Sweden and Norway in 1973 and 1974, and Tom's love of Scandinavia and its fiddle music made a lasting impression on me. He was a man of strong principles, a consummate professional, a master of the awful pun, and an unsurpassed conoisseur of Chinese food. Rest well, Tom: you will be missed.