John Allen Cameron is the epitome of the word folksinger in the best sense of that good nomenclature. He came to Chicago to do a concert through the Come For To Sing organization and Emily Friedman--back in the 80s (or was it the 70s still?) and many of us still recall it vividly. I saw him masterfully hold the huge audience at the Winnipeg Folk Festival the two years I also performed there. What a great talent.

I am so sorry to hear that he is ill. Be sure to give him my heartiest greetings. I'm glad that "his night" went so well.

A photo or two of John Allen at the 1978 Winnipeg Fest hanging out with Tom Jackson and Paul Mills can be seen in my forty years of folk scene photos site at

http://rudegnu.com/art_thieme.html

When prompted, you will need to enter the word, mudcat, (lower case) as both the user name and password. That'll get you in. (There are some photos of Ian Robb, Johnny Carignan, Margaret Cristal, Stan Rogers, Grit Laskin etc. there as well.)

All the best,

Art Thieme
Peru, Illinois