Buddy Tabor, a folksinger and songwriter in Juneau, Alaska, on tour 'down south' at the moment, called and reported that his gig at Folsom Prison went very well and was "a very emotional experience" for him. I can just imagine that the CLANG of the doors behind him curdled his spine a bit.

It will probably result in new songs from him- he does a lot of blues and other biting stuff; as he says, happy songs depress him.

At last April's Alaska Folk Festival, the inmates and staff at the prison heard his set and called him a day or two later. He was thrilled about the invitation to play there because Johnny Cash played there long ago.

He is a prolific writer and has far more songs -and CDs - recorded than show up at the efolk music site I'm linking to but there are a couple of downloads there that give an idea of what the man is about.

Incidentally, he doesn't know I'm posting this thread- but we're quite proud of him. As one musician says, When Buddy dies, he's going to be famous.

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More about Buddy:

With the release of "Writing on Stone", 20-year Alaskan singer-songwriter Buddy Tabor is creating new fields from old soil. "Buddy Tabor is a player and a poet," said the late Townes Van Zandt, for whom Tabor opened during one stop of the legendary artist's 1994 Alaskan tour. Writing On Stone is Tabor's second CD, but his fifth recording release. The album includes 15 original songs, Including I Never Prayed for Elvis, Stories Made of Beauty, New Fallen Snow (lament for Townes Van Zandt), Songs of Joy and Sorrow and Moment of Conception. Genre: Modern Folk, Country, Blues