"However, when the SFS booked a genuine traditional folk musician, Mike Seeger, they sold out the hall, standing room only! You'd think they might learn something from that."

We booked Mike Seeger at the Hurdy Gurdy, Tony Trishka showed up to perform a few tunes with him, and drew around 60 people. It was a great concert and everyone of those 60 people left with a great memory of an outstanding artist, but we lost our shirt. We did a lot of publicity too.

The following season we sold out several shows with a few singer-songwriters who had not played our venue before. Go figure.