Rick, we gotta search each other out.

It's a grand place to see old friends, get a few new ones and, in general, just schmooz 'til ya drop. I know you'll enjoy it. For me, I've found that if I put my own musical tastes/prejuduces on a back burner and see it as all of us in one big boat (hotel) just doing the best we can in our small inlet of the big ocean of the music industry, well, it can be a great time. Two years ago in Memphis Phil Cooper and Ms Nelson were kind enough to haul me there for that good gathering and I put the wheels in motion to put together what'll most likely be the last CD I'll be putting out. Without the Folk Alliance and the people I met there it never could've been a reality. And I see that Paul Mills will be there too. Yes, it's a heady time. Everywhere you look there are legendary folks wandering (or rolling) around. Where else could I challenge A. Lomax to a race across the hotel lobby??? ;-)

Art Thieme