I dunno, Art... sinning in Chicago clubs sounded like it might fit too. <g>

But what Art didn't say was that it wasn't just some record store, it was Rose Discount Records (now a Tower Records outlet) downtown on Wabash Ave. Thanks most probably to Art, they kept the largest and most complete stock of folk and traditional recordings anywere in the city. (Probably anywhere in the midwest.) Several floors of records, as I recall, and it was always great to see Art in there because when Art tells you something is good, you can take it to the bank.

The Old Town School kept a respectable selection but just didn't have the capital to compete with Rose and the OTS prices were much higher.

Art, I always admired the fact that you worked there. You kept up on what everyone in the field was recording and didn't have to over-commercialize your own performances. You made your music your way and took care of your family too. I always saw that as a double success, not some sign of failure.

But that's just one guy's view.

      - Mark