Joe, you have nothing to confess and I am overjoyed to hear your tale! I am the last one to deny the importance of PPM and the bridge they provided for many to the world of folk music. Three very talented and to me at least, very kind, warm, humane, loving, intelligent, and humorous people that gave us an alternative to much of the drivel that we heard. Some may deny that they are really "folksingers" in the many debates we run around here on what is folk, but I am not one! Certainly they did modern, composed material, but they also did traditional songs. It seems that commercial success may have had a negative effect on their standing, but I've never seen it that way myself. I am envious of your time spent with Noel Stookey. The times I've heard him here and there have always made me want to know him personally...and that's also true of Peter and Mary. I don't worship them, I simply see them as people who are all the things I said before and that's the kind of person I have met most at the 'Cat.

Folk music, if it does nothing else, comes from far more interesting people than most other forms. Never think that my interest in personalities and BS overshadows my love of music Joe. And don't deny yourself the true joy of knowing people like Noel Stookey...or Sandy and Caroline, Rick Fielding, Don Meixner, Leej, Katlaughing, or indeed, me.

Spaw