The Clancys owned Tradition Records, Frank. I can't remember the names of the Riverside guys right now, but they were one of the labels Ken Goldstein pursuaded to have a fling at folk. They did those early MacColl & Lloyd sea song recordings that influenced all of us. Taught us that we could harmonize on the fifth instead of just the third. Great awakening!

Saw Billy Faier do a house concert here in Sharon about 30 years ago. Small crowd, most of whom had never heard him before. He played some pretty far-out banjo stuff. Quite abstract.

I don't know how Wally and I can work out our Mudcat arrangement if we're both handling your new CD. If folks go to the "shop" and ask for it, which one of us would make the sale and give the percentage to Mudcat? We'll have to figure that out with Max, somehow.

I will offer Rick's new CD as soon as it arrives and will post it on my Folk-Legacy web site. It'll be easier for folks in the U.S. to order Rick's through me, and maybe folks from U.K. and Oz, too, since I take credit cards, those magic little plastic bits that make international exchanges so simple.

We'll keep you informed, folks.

Sandy