The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #97963   Message #1934878
Posted By: MAG
12-Jan-07 - 08:43 PM
Thread Name: University of Chicago Folk Festival
Subject: RE: University of Chicago Folk Festival
After 2 cross country moves I doubt I have anything, but I'll pull out the dusty boxes and see.

I do remember hearing Art Thieme there so he must have played one after I moved to Chicago in 1970.

Highlights for me: Mike Seeger leading a harmony workshop. His co-leaders were a female barbershop quartet, and Mike asked them good pithy questions, so there was much more interesting content than is true of many festival workshops.

It feels like the early 70's, after I moved to the North Side, I knew whoever LousiKillen was staying with, and gave him a lift back to Hyde Park for the fest. There must have been a dance workshop, because I remember I had my dancing shoes in the car to change into. I don't remember the dance, but I remember Louis' performance. Did he do a workshop?? (probably on his storytelling?)

Later on theFlying Fish guy got a storytelling friend, Reuven Gold, onto the program. Reuven could be a mermerizing storyteller. He was also a character beyond description.

I remember there were always a few folk nazis in the audience who chewed you out for whispering even one word, creating a much bigger disturbance as they did so. May they rest in hell.