Don ... Very nice to see you posting again ... you've been missed. This thread topic is one that you and I have discussed for many hours while drinking many cups of coffee at "Howards", on the "Ave", in Seattle.

As well you and I know, the Seattle World's Fair in 1962 put our area on the map. We soon became a destination point for the bestest known performers of the day ... Joanny, Bikel, Belefonte, Bibb, on and on.

After the promoters got through milking Seattle and the crowd money, for what they could get, they left town. That BIG scene changed everything ... for the worse in my opinion.

I know you can remember those quiet evenings when we could walk into the Pamir House on a Friday night, maybe find six people sitting scrunched up under those tiny tables, trying to enjoy bad tea, and waiting for us to entertain them. We'd make 5, or maybe 7 bucks a night. But it was FUN.

FUN ... that was what it was all about and that is what still drives us today.

So ... while we're not being rich (weathy) we are still making the music that we enjoy. We're making it for ourselves ... AND EACH OTHER! bob(deckman)nelson (btw ... put on the coffee pot for me, will you)