I remember when Stan Rogers died, and they played some of his songs as a tribute, and I heard him sing, "I just want to see your smiling face 45 years from now." And I realized he wouldn't be around in 45 years, or even tomorrow.

And Bill D reminds me of Helen Schneyer--almost anything she sings other than her "hideobilia" moves me greatly, but I was most taken by her version of "There Is Fountain Filled With Blood," which Joan Boyd adapted from the old hymn tune and turned into a miner's protest song!

--Charlie Baum