For those of you who don't know Peter Johnson there's a thread back a ways. For those of you who do know him I'd ask of you, if you have anything good & decent to say about him please post it here & I'll pass it along to his Lawyer (who's taking Peter on Pro Bono). Peter came from the wealthy family of Johnson & Johnson, he didn't fit in, his love for folk music & musicians & his passion & desire to find ways to bring those singers & musicians together with those that he knew would love them earned him to be disowned by his family & shunned ever after. He has been bringing music to those in the New England area since the 50's & was one of the very few driving forces that kept folk music alive in Boston & I'd venture to say that Boston has now one of the finest & largest folk music communities in the country & that Peter Johnson can take the lion's share of the credit for that. The cost to Peter was his family & the fact that he was always as poor as a church mouse, what he did have he spent supporting visiting musicians that he'd bring over & trying to produce concerts that were forever emptying his pockets.
Ok, moving onward, Peter was left some money by his mother when she died, maybe it was time to share & probably the only time though that's not the way a very wealthy & very powerful cousin sees it, he's trying to take what little Peter ever got from his family by claiming that Peter is not stable enough to be able to handle this. Some might say that he was a bit eccentric & maybe a slight bit off, some might say that he was a little chemically imbalanced (not to bad in todays society, speaking here from experince)but others would say he had all the right & reason seeing as he gave his all & never asked for a morsel in return it was all for love. I'd love to be able to hand over to him (he may make it here on the 18th) posts from people the world over who knew him or was in someway affected by him in a positive way. Peter didn't & wouldn't ask of this he wouldn't ask for anything & I don't know if it's at all appropriate of me to be asking for him but I believe it would help him & if a Judge could see the scope of what Peter has done he'd be far less likely to listen to a begrudging cousin who couldn't stand in his shadow & most likely hasn't put much energy into benefiting anyone excepting himself. Thank you for your time & for any kind words that you may offer.

Barry Finn
Derry, New Hampshire