Because of this thread, I learned about Gerry and George Armstrong. The warm and wonderful things said about them made me suspect that I had missed something special so when I heard that National Public Radio was going to do a feature on All Things Considered about a Chicago folksinger who had recently passed away, I listened to the afternoon broadcast only to find the piece had been cut out of the local feed. Tonight, I listened to the rebroadcast and finally, a few minutes before one, there was the piece. It was so moving. I heard her sing "Simple Gifts". Everything people had written about her voice, so pure and clear, didn't prepare me for what I heard. There was this beautiful vibrato in her voice. It seemed so artless but it was filled with meaning. And people say her voice was a good rendition of her spirit. I may have missed knowing her but now that I know of her I can hear Simple Gifts whenever I want because of the Golden Ring recordings she left behind. The big disappointment of the radio program was learning that she only made this one record album.

An introduction to Gerry Armstrong is one more thing I can be grateful to Mudcatters for.

Sourdough

Maybe Mudcat radio could do a longer appreciation of her and George Armstrong.