Once at the Fox Hollow Festival, we were all standing around on the "upper level," while the program was going on in the hollow of the bowl, below. Utah Phillips tapped Almeda on the arm and said, "Almeda, was that you awhile ago, singing that real, loooonnng ballad? She said, "Why yes, I guess so, Utah. Did you like that one?"
Said Utah, "Almeda, I just wanted to say that was the most BORING thing I ever listened to!" Almeda kicked him in the shins, several times and pretty hard. Singers onstage could hear him howling, and us all laughing.

See? Mudcat threads uncover old memories! Almeda was a grand lady and we all loved her. Especially Utah, who just had to tease everybody. He once introduced me by saying, "And now here's the one and only Jean Ritchie, who's gonna play dull-some-more!