I lived in Tom’s house during a period of three years of biochemical research that I performed at the University of Michigan and got to know Tom quite well both as a person and as a musician. When he founded his band „The Cowcatchers“, I gladly took his offer to join the group as the piano player. As the “youngster” in the band, I loved playing with and learning from Tom (vocals, bass), Armando (drums), Alan (guitar) and later members of the band, such as Harry, Bob or Allen. Indeed, I always admired Tom for his great versatility, his talents as a musician/songwriter and his broad knowledge of law, music and many other topics. I also appreciated accompanying Tom at St. Thomas Catholic Church in Ann Arbor, where we regularly played at Mass on Sundays. After having moved back to Germany quite a while ago, I was looking forward so much to seeing Tom again on a visit to Ann Arbor this September. Who would have thought... --- Tom, dear friend, you are truly and deeply missed! I will always remember you, especially when playing and listening to your music! Thankfully, you have left quite a lot of that for us! Joerg