Years of co-op job training in surgical research labs at Massachusetts General Hospital qualified me to easily get work in the Physiology Department at the University of Arizona Medical School in Tucson. But then, exactly a year after graduating from Northeastern in 1973, my life took a hard right turn when I was asked to join a bluegrass band. The hobby quickly became a passion, and I’ve been mostly playing music for 47 years. For the past 35, it has been with my musical partner (bluegrass fiddler and songbird) Laurie Lewis. What follows is just a taste of musical selections from Tom. All of this music (and more) is available on Laurie’s website: https://www.laurielewis.com/store.htm.

(More about Tom’s background and accomplishments are described in the Profiles section of this edition.)