I was at the Clearwater Hudson River Revival Festival, Saturday. The only Blues player performing was John Jackson. I've never heard of him, but he was billed as playing 'Piedmont Blues', so I went to have a look-see. He played ''Louis Collins'', which he credited to MJH, ''West Coast Rag'', credited to Blind Blake, A few other familiar songs, and a few of his own. I thought he was a pretty good fingerpicker.

Has anybod here seen or heard of him? What can you tell us about him?

BTW: Tom Paxton was a lot of fun. Country Joe McDonald did his ''F**K'' cheer, as usual, and Arlo Guthrie didn't play ''Alice's Restaurant''. I had a talk with Pete Seeger, who turns 81 next week, about his electric pickup truck, and I talked with Allan Block, the sandal maker and father of Rory Block. What a blast from the past. I haven't seen him since the last time I bought sandals from him, at his shop in Greenwich Village, back in the sixties!

I stopped by the Folk-Legacy booth and sent my regards to Sandy Paton, but I searched far and wide and didn't see any Mudcat Tee shirts. Oh well!

All in all, a nice day, filled with good music and memories.

EZR