I hope you don't mind a newcomer sticking his nose in, but I've
been fascinated by the post. And it's great to see that folks like
Frank Hamilton & Jo Mapes are among you.

As a teen in the '60's my only avenue into the world of folk music
was Chicago's WFMT and its' program "The Midnight Special". Of
course I got to hear Gibson & Camp, Paxton, Ochs, Eric Andersen,
Frank Hamilton, Ramblin' Jack and so many more established artists.
But there were the others that some of you have touched on that I
only heard once or twice and then never found recordings of like:

Joe Klee ("Old Town")
Sam Hinton ("The Bent County Bachelor" and "Coyote")
Terry Callier ("Blues For Marcus")
Andy Stewart ("Donald, Where's Your Trousers")
Aliotta-Haynes minus John Jeremiah ("Rockefeller's Blues")
Fleming Brown ("The Ford Machine")
Biff Rose ("Evolution")
Stu Ramsey ("Rumble On Rush Street")
George McAlvey ("The Ultimate Rambling Song")
Grant Brader ("Boil That Cabbage Down")
Kevin Henry ("Penny Whistle")

They were and, basically still are little known, by me, 60's artists.
Again, my only contact with them was thru WFMT. Which brings to mind
a recording I've tried to find for years, I believe it was called
"Train On The Island/Brazilian Train" by Frank Hamilton & Volucha.
Fortunately, I still have it on a 7" reel from the late '60's.

I finally got to see live folk music by going to The Earl Of Old Town
and Somebody Else's Troubles in Chicago and seeing Fred Holstein,
Jim Post, John Prine, Ed Holstein, who's great "Jazzman" was recorded
by Bonnie Koloc. These are my little known folk artists along with
Ginnie Clemmons, Stuart & Jerome, and someone who seems to have
fallen off the face of the earth, a fellow named Steve Unger (Ungar?). WFMT had three songs by him that they played;

"Play In The Sun", "Division Street" and "I'll Be Moving On"

One other thing I'd like to touch on, Frank Hamilton mentioned that
Michael Bloomfield became mildly famous and someone took exception
to that statement. He stated Mike was a founding member of the
Butterfield band. Not so, I'm afraid. Elvin Bishop was in the original line-up and Bloomfield was playing around Chicago with
Charlie Musselwhite and others. I believe Bloomfield joined up at
the request of producer Paul Rothchild, but initially refused.

By the way, if anyone knows more about Steve Unger, I'd sure like to
know about it.