My old Folk Society in Chicago, Aual Tradition, started off bring lesser known (but shouldn't be) acts to Chicago. The first concert was Stan Rogers' first U.S. appearance, as I recall. Great concert. After he was killed, (after he carried 6 unconscious people off a burning airplane -- really.) WFMT in Chicago played that concert back, and I gave myself the dayy off work to stay home and tape it. (no recording available, folks, and I have all of Stan's vinyls.) As the MC said, he was well on his way to being the pre-eminenet folksinger/songwriter of our day, and he was right. a great loss.

-- MA