My sincere condolences to you and yours. I've nothing but the fondest memories of the times I played at the Sounding board. Those Folk Legacy Folk Festivals were the best---with Kendall and Jonathan Eberhart and everyone. There are some nice photos of your mom and dad and all up on my folk scene photos website. (To Enter:---- when prompted, put in the word mudcat as both the "user name" AND the "password") http://rudegnu.com/art_thieme.html

Especially, look at the photos from the night your parents and all gave an exceptionally nice guitar to Sandy Paton as a surprise gift. To say the least, Sandy was very surprised and got quite emotional !! It was a great time to be at the Sounding Board.

And thanks a ton to all there for doing the benefit for me with Jerry Rasmussen, Cindy Mangsen & Steve Gillette, Howie Bursen, Pete Seeger and all when my health was going sour in the '90s. I love the video from that night!

Again, I'm so sorry to hear this sad news.

Art Thieme