He knew photography was not a fair representation of who he was as he had moved past “fat jokes” and had weaponized his voice to comment on social and political matters.

Over the years I saw important members of the intricate machine that powered Tom’s career come and go, band members leave and return, his family circle grow and his kids mature to start their own families.  I watched Tom battle some demons and saw him grow spiritually but I never considered, not for a second, that we would all wake up one morning and he would be gone.