Just another one of life's cool coincidences. One of my earliest bass influences was the bassist in a local eclectic folk act call No Strings Attached, a hammered dulcimer band, the only one I know of. The bassist - Bob Thomas. I received my first tutorial on bowing the upright from him waaaay back in August of 1991. No longer with us, but Bob is very much still in my head every time I pull a bow across the strings.