Willie-O, Garnet Rogers appeared at Stone Soup in Rhode Island on the Saturday after the September 11, 2001 attack on the World Trade Center. I am told the Stone Soup board considered canceling the concert that night because they thought nobody would come. I had been planning to go because I like Garnet but that night I wasn't sure how I felt about going after the recent disaster. I went thinking that I could leave if I wasn't up to it. In fact, a good-sized audience came, Garnet was wonderful, and I felt my spirit begin to heal during the concert. Others I spoke to felt the same way. Garnet has been back to SS since then and he has a special place in our hearts.