For sure, CRAIG JOHNSON, like U. Utah Phillips, has written so many wonderful songs in the "folk style that I couldn't ever not notice and sing them. I say that recognizing fully that I always resisted learning singer/songwriter creations---especially the navel-gazing tomes glorifying love on urban L-trains and the like. Craig Johnson and Utah are so trad-like that I'm sure Woody G. would love it if folks all along the timeline took those to be of his making. A couple by Si Kahn, Stan Rogers and Ewan and Peggy fall into that category too in my mind. The four songs by Craig Johnson that I recorded over the years (with Mr. Johnson's permission) were never recorded by him. And I was honored to bring such fine work a place where others would possibly find those gems---.

Art Thieme