You've already been given all of the information I might give you, Guy, except that Rounder recently released a CD of the "ballad opera" of The Martins and the Coys, based on the feud story and produced by Alan Lomax with Will Geer, Woody Guthrie, Burl Ives, Pete Seeger, Hally Wood, Fiddlin' Arthur Smith, and Lily May Ledford. At the end of the CD, as a bonus, are six additional selections, including four by Lily May Ledford: "East Virginia Blues," "Sugar Babe (with Pete Seeger)," "Gypsy Davy," and "The Girls in this Neighborhood." The last two are with Rosalie and Bella Allen. I thought the "opera" was awful (personal tastes will differ, of course), but the Lily May Ledford cuts were fine.

I owe you an E-pistle, Guy, I know. Hang in there; I'll get to it eventually!

Sandy