On SRS's note, a slight aside. . . .

When I was singing in the massive Seattle Center Hootenannies in 1963 (crowds of up to 15,000), the fellow who was setting up the programs and deciding who sang what and in which order had the following coordinates: Up, Down, In, Out.

"Up" was peppy and up-tempo. "Down" was slow, perhaps sad. "In" was a song he figured the crowd would recognize (recently recorded by some pop-folk group). And "Out" was one they probably wouldn't be familiar with and he often wouldn't approve. He wanted us to do mostly "Up" and "In" songs.

One of the singers, Jerry Murry, said he wanted to do a "Down" and "Out" song. The guy looked at Jerry balefully and asked, "Oh, yeah? What song?"

Jerry answered, "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?"

The guy busted up and said "Okay."

Okay, back to our regular broadcast. . . .

Don Firth