If we can figure a way for it to see the light of day, "SIOUX INDIANS" will be on my new CD (from old tapes) that Dennis Cook is trying to make presentable right now as we speak. It was recorded at a benefit concert we did for Michael Cooney in Chicago after he was grivously injured in a road accident several years ago. He is doing great right now (July 18, 2004).

The tapes of that whole concert ought to be issued. It was me and Cindy Mangsen and Steve Goodman and a fellow named Pete Seeger. Pete had a terrible cold but still (of course) pretty much pulled it off with Stevie Goodman leading songs and picking up the ball and running with it like the champ he always was. The benefit was held at a large folk venue called Stages Music Hall that was run then by Ed Holstein. This was on Clark Street -- pretty much right across from Wrigley Field--where the Cubs play---and where some of Stevie's ashes were secretly scattered at the base of the left-center field wall---among the ivy roots. The concert was November 4th, 1979. --- I didn't know it at the time, but I do think that night was some kind of highpoint for me. Hindsight can be enlightening--and quite nice.

Art Thieme