Glad and grateful to see this thread. Thanks to Art Thieme and Saul Broudy, two of my earliest and best sources, for pointing it out to me.

For the past two-and-a-half years, I've been researching and writing a book on Goodman, who died of leukemia in 1984 at age 36. I've traveled all over the country and interviewed more than 485 people for the book, including family members, friends, his oncologists, people who knew Steve in his elementary, high-school and college years, as well as performers and celebrities such as Arlo Guthrie, Jimmy Buffett, Kris Kristofferson, Bonnie Raitt, Steve Martin, Jackson Browne, Willie Nelson, Randy Newman, David Allan Coe, Judy Collins, Tom Paxton, Pete Seeger, Janis Ian, John Sebastian, Leo Kottke, John Hartford, Phoebe Snow, Bryan Bowers, Maria Muldaur, Studs Terkel, Mimi Fariña, Tom Rush, Rosalie Sorrels, Ralph McTell, Earl Pionke, Arif Mardin, Lily Tomlin, Michael Smith, David Bromberg, Corky Siegel, Josh White Jr., Martin Mull, Tom Chapin, Jim Post, Chad Mitchell, Ray Nordstrand, Harvey Andrews, John McEuen, Jimmy Ibbotson, David Amram, Larry Rand, Stuart Gordon, Samantha Eggar, Bill Quateman, Sammi Smith, Roger Ebert, Bob Hoban, Sean Kelly, Buzzy Linhart, Chips Moman, Roy Leonard, Doc Watson, Richard Harding, Stephen Wade, Richie Havens, Claudia Schmidt, Joel Dorn, John Allan Cameron, Harry Waller, Barry Hansen (Dr. Demento), Katy Moffatt, Loudon Wainwright III and Ed, Fred and Alan Holstein. I've outlined chapters and begun writing, and I have a contract offer from a Chicago publisher. The book probably is a couple years away from publication.

If any of you have stories and insights you would like to share for the book, please get in touch with me off Mudcat. I would be happy for any of you to see my project overview and complete interviewees list, if you like. Just say the word, and I'll e-mail them. Of course, if you just want to be notified when the book is out, I'm maintaining a contact list for that purpose as well.

Thanks in advance for your help, and I'll look forward to hearing from you!

Clay Eals 1728 California Ave. S.W. #301 Seattle, WA 98116-1958

(206) 935-7515 ceals@attbi.com