He's mentioned Linda and her research and has been in contact with her. He hopes to follow in her footsteps to some degree. I don't know but I would think much of that aspiration has already been accomplished or attempted by others and though there may be those still out there with knowledge, songs or stories to share, much has been already been lost or overlooked due to the ravages of time and general lack of interest.

I the small town where I reside there was a gentleman named Don Fulcher. He lived just a couple of doors down from my home and was very much like, I imagine, this young man's grandfather. He was a character. He lived in his parent's house, which looked quite run down compared to the newer homes surrounding it. I was inside only once and it seemed frozen in time, somewhere about eighty or ninety years ago. He was a remnant of the past, bent with age and always walking about town with a permanent stoop due to spinal curvature. He used to be the town blacksmith he'd say and then the stories and humor would begin. Recitations memorized years before, as folks did to entertain each other in the days before modern conveniences like radios and tvs, would pour from his lips to any eager ears willing to listen for a few moments. Don's age made his telling of these stories and poems difficult to understand as he spoke but the twinkle in his eyes kept me riveted on more than one occasion. As I enjoy some of the same forms of early songs and stories, I hoped to record some of these as told by Don but his failing health soon made that impossible. I recognized many of the recitations having read them in books but it was a treat to hear them told by him.