Chanteyranger & Ron, Jim is very much alive & active (& been singing with the same woman for about a decade now, can't recall her name but she's good) as is Maria, haven't really heard of them gigging together though. Mel Lyman, haven't heard of him for ages. I never really cared to much for his musical abilities or talents but he surround himself with the cream of the crop & I did like hearing them, to me his talent laid in orginizing. He ran a paper called the Advatar that I, just a teen at the time, found to be a bit interesting. I think the adult folk in my hood didn't care for his beliefs but that just might have been disagreements between our hill (Mission Hill, Roxbury) & his hill (Fort Hill, Roxbury). Wouldn't ya know it, probably just to neighborhoods in crisis not liking the other & liking outsiders even worse, amounts to clouding issues.


I sure would appreciate it if someone could tell me the year of the last Newport Folk Fesival of that same era (the one where the fence came down & the camping hill got gassed. That's the one I last attended & I know I attended the 2 before that but the last one is my reference point & I can't remember what year that was or how old I was. I do know I was a young & adventurous teen & in the habit of going where I wanted when I wanted, no permisssion asked for & non granted. Good thing it was in the name of folk music.


Thanks for the heads up Ron I'd loved to see & hear the DVD please keep us updated.


Barry