On occasions like this I always think we should focus not on the loss, but on all we have gained from the person. When I heard the news I immediately flashed on the guy I knew singing around Berkeley in the 60s who looked and sounded like a movie star and had an incredible repertoire of traditional songs. When Folk Legacy started it just seemed a natural extension of that. I last saw Sandy briefly at Olde Songs a couple years ago and it was pretty much the same guy with a few more lines on his face, so I'll stick with that image.

I also recall the Nixon resignation, but Wendy has covered that. I do wish I'd had a chance to hear what Sandy thought of George Bush.