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Thread #3839   Message #20056
Posted By: Charlie Baum
27-Jan-98 - 08:20 PM
Thread Name: Who is Stephen Wade?
Subject: RE: Who is Stephen Wade?
Not only did Steven Wade produce the wonderful compilation of field recordings from the Library of Congress (Rounder CD1500) with wonderful liner notes--but publication is expected shortly of a full length book based on those liner notes by the University of Illinois Press.

He had two shows which ran forEVER in Washington, DC--"Banjo Dancing" and a follow-up called something like "The Long Road Home", and there's a CD on Flying Fish called "Dancing Home" compiled from excerpts of those two shows.

He lives in the DC area, and obviously spends a lot of time of time at the Library of Congress. I keep hoping someone can persuade him to revive his stage shows (though not necessarily for a decade-long run).