{"id":4526,"date":"2021-02-13T15:01:36","date_gmt":"2021-02-13T15:01:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/?p=4526"},"modified":"2021-02-13T15:16:22","modified_gmt":"2021-02-13T15:16:22","slug":"the-long-ryders-tom-stevens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/?p=4526","title":{"rendered":"The Long Ryders’ Tom Stevens"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bandmate, but above all friend, SID GRIFFIN remembers<\/strong><\/p>\n

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On Saturday night, 23rd January 2021 Tom Stevens died at his home in Indiana. He was discovered by his son who was sent upstairs by Tom\u2019s wife of over 36 years, Elaine, to see why her husband did not come down to dinner when called.<\/div>\n
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Typically when Tom left us he was with his beloved family and at home researching some far flung area of the internet where he could confirm or disprove another slice of rock \u2019n’ roll\u2019s lengthy history. If he had not been such a terrific family man to Elaine Marie Stevens and such a terrific father to three quite wonderful young adults, if he had not been such a great musician and songwriter, it would be easy to imagine Tom Stevens as a detective. The Federal government in Washington DC, the FBI, NASA or any top university could have had Tom trace the source of this or that folk legend and before long the public would have known whether the original point of debate Tom was investigating was either correct or incorrect. And they would have known why.<\/div>\n
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