Yes, I cut, pasted, and sourced the entire article, which is I believe what I am supposed to do for an obituary or item of interest that is music-related, whether it looms large in the field or not. I could have cropped it, but I'm not sure that would be the correct thing to do with content cribbed from a major newspaper -- in fact, I'm fairly sure it wouldn't.

Moreover, I actually didn't post this obit here to honor someone who was a friend long ago, but rather to awaken others to the idea that by thinking outside the folk music "box" -- as Robin did by bringing taiko drumming to the deaf -- it is possible to make a difference to a great many people.

As for his being "diddlysquat..." -- you know, I thought about that. But although you probably won't have heard his name out there in the world, I think he has left quite a legacy. Ask one of the 350 people in attendance at the memorial, most of them from the folk music and taiko drumming communities, if they don't agree. Ask San Francisco Taiko. Ask Berkeley Morris. Ask Emperor Norton's Guard Longsword. Ask BACDS (Bay Area Country Dance Society). Ask several hundred of the non-hearing population of California who "heard" the rhythms of taiko drumming because he thought to reach out to the deaf community. Who are you to judge whose impression in the history of folk and traditional music will be a lasting one?