About four years ago Daryl and John were playing a show at the Soaring Eagle Casino in Michigan. After the show my friend and I were hanging out and dumping money into the slot machines when I turned around and saw Tommy standing there. I turned to approach him, but looking in his eyes I froze like a deer in the headlights. My heart thudding and my brain turing to mush. As you may be able to tell I've had a crush on him from my early teens. I literally couldn't think of one thing to say. He saw me staring, probably with my mouth hanging open and closed the 10 foot or so distance. I stammered out how happy I was to meet him and how his music changed the way I will forever hear music. He smiled so selflessly and said, "We are just a bunch of sweaty old men doing what we love. I am the lucky one to have people like you listening." What a rare soul, wonderfully kind man and magical musician. I will miss him for as long as I have ears to hear others play, well, but not like Tommy.
Posted by: Bethany - Southgate, MI - awestruck Apr 10, 2010