I first saw Tom Dundee when I was doing "How to Be a Folksinger 101" in the early '80's, going from folk club to folk club trying to learn how to be an entertainer. I used his wonderful "Dog" song for a Unitarian Universalist animal blessing service (sung by the great Natural Bob Holdsworth - and Bob, much to his surprise, adopted a dog very much like the one in the song a few weeks later) and also the "Working on the Car" song for another service. I loved the way Tom used words to make a picture of a time and place, and also touched on situations with which other people could identify. Tom looked out at the world with his writing, instead of just inside at his personal thoughts and feelings. A hundred years or two from now, people will be able to listen to his songs and get a picture of life in the time that he lived it - something that I believe all of us songwriters should strive for. He was kind and supportive to lesser known musicians as well - he was very enthusiastic about my musical partnership with Sandy Andina in our band, Sass! Some higher profile performers turn up their noses at lesser known acts, or see them as competition, but Tom was just too nice for that. What an awful loss! Tom will be sorely missed. To paraphase Tom Paxton's song, "If when we die, we go somewhere, I'll bet you a dollar he's singing there..." with Fred Holstein, and Steve Goodman, and Eunice Mast...see you later, gentle friend.