I miss Bryan. Yodeling pickles, squatting gnomes and that rare smile. I can't say I really "knew " him,  in fact I think Gary and I connected with Aya a bit more - Gary shares her birthdate, although his birth year is a bit before her.   I think they make a wonderful musical pair and wish them nothing but happiness in the journeys together.   Hearing the four of them scorch it up in Skowhegan, melting us musically with Sugar, Over Again, Can't See Through and a score of what are now back catalog songs that I wish I could hear again, well, I can on archive - but never again live, makes me melancholy.

I do however appreciate very much what Benny and Cat bring to the new configuration.  I don't dislike it all - but like many - can still be nostalgic for what once was - isn't that a bit of what auld lang zyne is all about?