Thanks to everyone for their comments, the public ones here, and the private messages I've received via e-mail. Some of the people who have posted here are old friends going back many decades, some I've never met in person. Special thanks to Big Mick for starting this thread, and to C. Ham for refreshing it over the weeks with the playlist and podcast links.

Winding down the show over the past few weeks, and particularly the finale this past Thursday, has been a very emotional experience. To borrow some words from my friend Tom Paxton: "Thank you for the honor of your company...I'm here to say the honor was all mine."

And I will try and check in to Mudcat more often than I've had a chance to over the past few years.

I'm looking forward to keeping Folk Roots/Folk Branches going as feature segments that will be part of my good friend Gerry Goodfriend's Folk Directions.

Mike Regenstreif