Aye, Mark, good times those. The Sing Out benefit I was on had Marjorie Guthrie and Art Rosenbaum and Phil Ochs joined on a couple o' songs by his old college roomie from the U. of Ohio, Jim Glover. (remember Jim and Jean? Their version of Ochs' "Crucifixion" was stupendous.)---oh yeah, Malvina Reynolds and Ola Belle Reed were on that show too.

I know Pete Seeger was in Chicago for the benefit for MICHAEL COONEY after Michael was hurt so terribly in a crash with a drunk driver. It was Me and Pete and Steve Goodman and Cindy Mangsen. And as a final song we all did "Mama Don't 'Low". Bob Gibson came on for that song---as did Corky Siegel and Jethro Burns and Allan Damron from Texas. My three verses in that song were the musical saw, the nose flute and the jew's harp. Mr. Seeger had terrible hoarseness that day so Stevie and Jethro and some of us were out there with him for his set. And he was just amazing, as usual. It was such a kick. He'd play a verse on his banjo, sing two or three words, gesture to the audience to join in, and the audience would finish the song for him while Pete played and whistled along. And he got three encores !! Just great.

That benefit was at Stages Music Hall on North Clark St --- past Wrigley Field. Emily Friedman's Come For To Sing Magazine was behind it. That was November 4, 1979. Wow ! Twenty-two years ago ! Seems like yesterday.

Thanks for reminding me.

By the way, folks, a fellow nbamed Clay Eals from Seattle is working on what will be, I'm damn sure, a fine biography of STEVE GOODMAN. Look for it one o' these years...

Art Thieme