The MacCalmans were performing at the Edinburgh folk club the night Davy Steele died. Ian MacCalman was just about in tears at the end of the gig, when he spoke of what a good friend Davy had been, and then they did "Caledonia" for Davy-- there was not a dry eye in the house and for those of you who know how stony Edinburgh audiences can be, that is something unusual. What a lovely tribute.

Last time I was home in Colorado, I sang "The Mountain" by Steve Earle-- and I'd only got as far as the first line of the chorus ("I was born on this mountain, this mountain's my home"), when my aunt burst into tears. My own then came out in sympathy and I couldn't sing anymore for a while. From the same album, "Pilgrim"-- which is so beautiful it almost shakes my athiest convictions to the core everytime! FrankieB