I first heard their records in the mid-70's and have wished ever since they'd record some more. I still routinely sing "This Storm Shall Surely Pass," "Warmth," and "The Waltz of the Tennis Players." There are others I'd have learned if I hadn't split up with the record's owner. Among them, "Cleo's Couch." Other titles escape me. Which record was that?

It's a trip down memory lane as I try to articulate what F&D's influence on me was; I suppose the greatest impacts were the raw emotion that comes through, especially from Daisy, and the play of their voices together and against one another. That kind of singing takes either immense professionalism or great instincts, or maybe both.

Thanks for bringing them to mind. I've been singing mostly a cappella for a while and don't get out my guitar as often as I used to do. It's rainy today, a good day to see if I have any vestiges remaining of those fingertip calluses...

~CH.