I'm pleased Deckman started this thread. One of my friends at Bowdoin College in the early 1960's came out of the Seattle left folk music scene, and may begin lurking around here as a guest. We had very little in common with other Bowdoin students but we and a few others had a great time swapping labor songs and traditional folk songs.

I only had a vague understanding of the time of the McCarthy witch hunt, which with the help of Burl Ives poisoned my uncle's very successful concert career. Such were the consequences of those who did an occasional fundraising concert for Russian war orphans during WW II; of course my uncle was also a critic of capitalism and also performed at several Almanac House rent parties in the 1940's. I'm not convinced that his efforts brought much comfort to either Moscow or Peiking.