Old friend, Scott Alarik, has, in the new issue of the ever superb SING OUT! magazine, written one of the best crafted articles I've ever read on the sixty year long dynamic inherently in the performing style of Pete Seeger. Pete is the man who showed so many of us (whether we admit it or not)--, by his grand personal example over those many years, what it means to be what we have come to call a folksinger. Personally, Pete was my model, and my mentor-from-afar --- through the speakers of my sound system.

I thank Pete heartily for all he and his music has meant to me. And I thank Scott Alarik for this insightful look at the man from this angle that rings so remarkably true to this folksinger's ears.

This issue of Sing Out! is Volume 49 Number 2. All of the songs in this particular issue are exceptional---and the CD of the songs that comes with my subscription is one I will listen to over and over again.

Mark Moss (the fine editor) has topped himself one more time.

Art Thieme