Art, I knew Barbarossa in the Nancy and Howard days. I would love to have a copy of that tape with Fred, if it turns up. Geeze, I remember when he first allowed as how he'd met these wild guys, the Volo Bogtrotters, and they were "letting" him play!!! I knew him as a picker-singer-songwriter-bartender-backgammon player and really excellent friend to his friends. Who knew he'd turn out to be a Bogtrotter?? *G*

Until it died for good, I had a tape of Jim and Vivian Craig from one night at the No Exit-- the one on the east side of the el tracks. Remember how for awhile the folks at No Exit would cut a tape if off the house sound system if you asked nice and the artist was willing? Poor Vivian was awful nice about it when I asked-- she had a bad cold that night and thought she would sound awful, but gave the OK and belted out their usual set, including the Rosalie Sorrels material. She did sound kinda raspy, and I'd heard her sound a lot better, but oh boy was that a great set!

Well the tape drove me across the eastern half of the country as well as on long work commutes for many years before it finally crapped out. I had so many tapes by then, I hadn't even copied it, duh!!! I still have some of the Midnight Special tapes from that time. Awful quality, great memories.

~Susan (AKA Praise)