Ebbie,

I love and tape the reruns of Northern Exposure whenever they're good ones. Is that the real Alaska? ;-) We tried to drive there once. Blew 2 of 4 cylinders North of Whitehorse---before they paved that highway. Drove back to Chicago with the other 2 cylinders--mostly on the shoulder. Our kid, conceived in an ovfernigtht snow storm that night (in our VW bus) is now 30 years old.

SAY, If you see my old pen pal, PAUL ROSELAND (The Singing Sourdough) up your way be sure to give him our heartiest salutations. His new CD is wonderful. THE GOLD RUSH COLLECTION: 1849-1941. All Alaskan, Yukon and Klondike mining songs. I never heard Paul sound better. And he's got so many great songs. Real literary content there. And yes, "Squaws Along The Yukon" is included.(order Paul's things from ALASKA FOLK MUSIC---P.O. Box 91324-----ANCHORAGE 99509)

Also, TOM, BRAD & Alice's CD for Copper Creek BEEN THERE STILL is a great example of modern folks doing the roots music straight on and without any attitude or agenda other than doing it really well and having fun too. You'll enjoy them I'm certain.

I like Emmylou's cool even sexy gray hair. But she is one who swallows final consonants to a huge extent. Her diction is so bad (copared to the clarity of a Hank Snow) that I, truly, can't listen to her. I guess that's just me.

AN ASIDE: (as if I post anything else): I just found a slide I took of BILL MONROE and IKE EVERLY (the brothers dad) doing a guitar mandolin duet in concert at the University of Chicago Folk Festival about 1965. Another slide is of both mom and dad performing there.

Art Thieme