Charlie Murphy is a folksinger/songwriter/organizer who lives on an island in the vicinity of Seattle. He is a native of Catonsville, Maryland. He and I and four or more turned a shanty shack (Govans - Balto.) into a musical haven house back in the day (mid-70s). Charlie was a Dylan-freak, and he poured himself into his singing. He was into T-Groups and self-discovery and I believe that he found a good part of what he was looking for. I was delighted to learn just this past year that he had written "Burning Times". It seems to have turned into an anthem of sorts.

I hadn't been in touch with Charlie for well over two decades but reached him this past winter and enjoyed the catching up.

Most of the people from that house keep a musical dimension in their lives. Ralph Reinoldi plays guitar and other plectrum instruments behind hishonor the Mayor in "O'Malley's March".

John Strausbaugh co-produced a documentary on the late Josie McDermott (flute player from the West of Ireland). More recently John writes and publishes controversial articles and books from New York City. He seems to be some sort of anarchist with an avid following though I am not really qualified to say.

Back in the day, we had oil heat and no insulation and the Bay froze over (cutting the supply) so we often burst the water pipes, but we laughed and sang thru the whole night long - seen the summer sunrise in the mornin'...