I have some very bad news to relate. Donna, (MaFazoo) my beloved spouse, telephoned Todd's house in F;orida, and talked to Todd's Neice, Ruth. Todd has taken anothe turn for the worse, his weight is down to 114lb (8 stone 10), he stopped eating, says he doesn't want to live without Millie and is showing signs of senile dememntia, getting lost, and other symptoms that indicate he has given up. He is 90.5 years old, and surrounded by people he doesns't know, except for Ruth..

I NEED A COUPLE OF FAST SINGINMG GIGS TO FINANCE AN AIRPLANE TICKET TO MIAMI FLORIDA. I'll charge $125.00 per 4 hour gig. Plus traveling expenses.
I sing and/or play whatever kind of music the audience seems to prefer. I have a repertoir of about 1500 songs of every description,
I filled up a rolodex with song titles, and had to keep taking old ones out to make room for recent "personal favorites" which are not usually recently written songs. I've got a more complete list in two file boxes.

According to Barclay Warburton III, former owner of both the Brig "Black Pearl" and the Black Pearl Tavern, (and sadly, now deceased) My solo, 6 night a week, gigs for the first yearof the , now famous, Black Pearl Tavern put said establishment on the map. I was joined by Roger Sprung (the banjo-wizz)with whom I've been working on and off since we were kids, for the next four years. I learned to sail , rig and command sailing crews on the brig Black Pearl (actually a hermaphrodite brig, or half brig)under Capt Warburton, first as a foretopman, then boatswain and after acquiring enough experience, both Boatswain and Chanteyman. A chanteman is more than just a singer of maritime songs Everything I learned about sailing came from Capt Warburton, with the exceptipon of certain refinements I've made to sthe rigging and sailing of ships. I'm the only person in history to single hand a full rigged sailing ship as a general matter of course

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I've got to go to Miami to see if I can jog Todd back from where he seems to be heading. If Todd's demise is God's Will, I don't want my friend to die among strangers, if Ruth is working, we can sit around the nursing home and swap songs, stories and lies.

I may have a place to stqay, with my cousin, if he lives anywhere near the nursing home . I could have sailed with "HMS" Rose as Boatswain and Chanteyman on their way to the W. Coast of Mexico where they are making a movie. SThey are leaving Newport Jan 15 but, the closest they'l come to Floriida is 800 N.Miles. I like Airplanes as much as do Sailing (I was an Air Traffic Controller in the U.S.A.F. for 15.5 years) Back to my Performance qualifications. I was the first person to record "Rockabilly", according to Bill Flagg, the guy who invented the word. We recorded for the same lable, (TETRA) in 1956 and 57. My "Good Morning Captain" (actually my way of singing Muleskinner Blues) was only released in New England, (RI,CT, MA,NH AND VT) New York and New Jersey and sold 400,000+. It helped that "Alan Freed' was my Manager's father-in-Law. As a consequence, the record got a lot of playon R&R and pop stations. it made all the juke boxes inthe area, and I did it Live on the Tonight Show on Armed Forces Day 1957. It was covered by Sheb Wooley and later by Dolly Parton.

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