The Queens of Folk? There's an oxymoron for starters. Why do there have to be four? Magic number?

Only one mentioned so far that I ever met is Carolyn Hester. Sold her an ice-cream bar at the Kerrville Folk Fest once. A lovely and charming lady.

I was fascinated to read about how, with ample provocation, she pulled a gun on Farina once and offered to blow his brains out. (It was his gun, which he had insisted that she carry across the border for him; this occurred in France) It seems he was a very manipulative and ambitious person, and married her largely because she was the leading female light on the scene at the time, before displaced by Baez.

That's what I hear, anyway, how would I know? I was in kindergarten.

W-O