Dick Weissman's CDs on FOLK ERA are extremely listenable evn though they combine instruments that are rarely juxtoposed.

Dick is an expert 5-string banjo picker who combines folk styles, classical styles and jazz styles with jazz instruments --I never figured that mellow saxophone would work so well with 5-string banjo -- played quite laid back but inventive as hell too. Dick was a member of the JOURNEYMEN in the 60s with John Phillips (Mamas And The Papas) and Scott Mackenzie (did the hit "If Yor're Going To San Francisco...be sure to wear some flowers in your hair".

I'd suggest Dick Weissman's latest CD called REFLECTIONS (FE1444CD)--although he has done 3 others for this lebel. It sure mellowed me out when I needed that recently.

Folk Era Records 705 South Washington Naperville, IL 60540-6654 630-637-2303 FolkEra@loopback.com www.folkera.com

(Folk Era has also issued CDs by so very many early 60s folk groups that they're impossible to mention them all here. Eric Darling is one of the many.)

Art Thieme