Bill Crofut died thispast year, I'm afraid. He was living just north of us in Massachusetts, but we'd only seen him once in recent years and had heard from him but a few times. He was still performing, often with Chris Brubeck, Dave Brubeck's son, and had made some recordings with a classical baritone whose name escapes me at the moment.

Go to one of the major search engines (I use Metacom) and type in "Bill Crofut" and you'll be presented with several sites to explore.

It has always bothered me a bit that, after they parted company, Steve Addis was never mentioned in any of Bill's publicity releases. One would read about Crofut doing the State Department tour 'way back when, but never say that he was performing as a duo then with Steve. Must have been a very unhappy situation when they stopped playing together. Anybody know the story?

Sandy