Burl,

Jonathan and Darlene Edwards was the psuedo-names Jo Stafford and Paul Weston used for the amazing off-key albums they did. And it was really hard to sing off key like that all the way through songs. Those were brilliant LPs and I think they are out on CD. I sold a ton of those when I worked at Rose Records on Wabash in Chicago back in the early '60s while singing nights. (Some good memories.) Roy, if you want a cassette of those two albums I'll get 'em to ya. Lemme know??!!

Frank,

I don't know about her academic interest in folk songs, But her renditions of the slow melancholy songs were breathtaking. (Not so for the up tempo things I didn't think.) Paul Weston's arrangements often reminded me of Aaron Copland's score for the film Our Town. It's my favorite thing of his. (Copland's)

Art Thieme