I just received this piece by email:

Do you know who in 1923 was:

1. President of the largest steel company? 2. President of the largest gas company? 3. President of the New York Stock Exchange? 4. Greatest wheat speculator? 5. President of the Bank of International Settlement? 6. Great Bear of Wall Street?

* These men were considered some of the world's most successful men. At least they found the secret of making money. Now more than 55 years later, let's see what's become of them....

1. The President of the largest steel company, Charles Schwab, died a pauper. 2. The President of the largest gas company, Edward Hopson, is insane. 3. The President of the N.Y.S.E., Richard Whitney, was released from prison to die at home. 4. The greatest wheat speculator, Arthur Cooger, died abroad, penniless. 5. The President of the Bank of International Settlement, shot himself. 6. The Great Bear of Wall Street, Cosabee Rivermore, died of suicide. > * The same year, 1923, the winner of the most important golf championship, Gene Sarazan, won the U.S. Open and PGA Tournaments. Today he is still playing some golf and is solvent.

Moral Of The Story: STOP WORRYING ABOUT BUSINESS AND START PLAYING GOLF! _____________________

I am certain that there are similar health benefits from playing and/or singing folk music. So it made me wonder a little about the longevity of some of the old folkies. I began to play the little mental game of trying to remember whatever happened to certain people I recall from earlier times (although perhaps not as early as 1923). Sure, some passed on as a result of outside forces, like Eddy, I think it was, of Joe and Eddy, who (I was told) was killed in a car wreck in Berkley. But whatever became of Joe? Whatever happened to a bass player named Buckwheat or maybe Buck Wheat who backed up a large number of folk groups during the 60's? Did Dave Guard really go into real estate? I think it would be fun to hear a little useless trivia about such people.