I'm a folksinger. I did what I did---learned what I learned---sang what I sang and am what I am---here and now. I'm a self-styled graduate of the University Of The Open Road. One thing I've learned is that the folks I respect most out there are the ones with many hats to wear---folks like Joe Hickerson who as an academic and archivist who held on to so much that is valuable and also presented the gems he found for all of us to have, sing and ENJOY. Michael Cooney and Larry Hanks and Jean Ritchie and Utah Phillips and Hedy West and The New Lost City Ramblers -- so very many others -- all manage to fit into numerous "hats". And they somehow look and sound great in all the headgear.

My hat is off to them. Thanks folks !

Art Thieme