There really is a lot more to this story than just the 16 songs I recorded of the Montrond family singing:

I now have been contacted by several more family members, including some grandchildren, if I have my family linage correct. As I've been telling the family, it's been a perfect Christmas gift for me also, as I've wondered all these years where Lola and Benny are.

BUT ... through Mud Cat, as well as the internet, I have also re-connected with several other friends that had dispersed over the many years.

And once the archive became public, I have been contacted by people as far away as Bosnia, Israel, Canada, Florida and several other U.S. states who were thrilled to hear the music again and regale me with wonderful stories of adventures they had with these various musicians.

Sooooo .... the world of folk music lives on and on and on.

(P.S. I'm still searching for the widow (Joann Spence) and son (Aaron Spence) of the late Dave Spence).    CHEERS,   bob(deckman)nelson