I just found this now. I'm sorry to see this. I met Eric several times in recent years at the Eisteddfod Festival in Kerhonkson, NY, when I was volunteering to run the performers' sales table. A few years ago, I do not remember which year, I attended the Camp Woodland reunion for campers and staff, held at The Ashokan Center. Camp Woodland was a folk music based summer camp for children and was located in Phoenicia, NY, in The Catskills, during the 1950s and 60s. Pete Seeger and many other folkies were involved in running this camp. Caroline Paton was invited and I was her driver at that time so I was there. Eric was one of the counselors. I knew he would be there. I wore a Sharon, CT, tee shirt with artwork showing two stick figures in a canoe and a third one on the shore playing a banjo. The caption read, "It's all fun and games until someone hears a banjo." I told him he is one of the few people who would understand this shirt. He said, "Wait a moment," and removed his outer shirt to show me his tee shirt someone sent him from a canoeing organization, which read, "Paddle faster, I hear a banjo." I enjoyed the opportunities to meet him and chat with him. I felt blessed to know him on that level. He will be missed.