Joe--Hello,

Thanks for drawing me to this thread. Sal & Howie did it alcapone I believe (a capella). I chose to do it with guitar the night it was recorded by Tom Martin-Erickson for Wisconsin Public Radio at the Tripp Commons in the University of Wisconsin Memorial Union in Madison---1982 (That's the one I used on the recent CD you mentioned.) I think I might've taught the song to Sally back then. I just heard from Sal by E-mail yesterday; she's taking a year off from touring and is glad to be going home to be with Howie and the kids and to take on some projects dear to her heart!! I DO understand those feelings!!!

Craig Johnson is a good friend and a wonderful songwriter. I've put out 4 different songs of his on different albums over the years. He is a mainstay of the Double Decker Stringband along with Bruce Hutton and John Beam. Right now he's living in West, Virgina with his wife, Brenda, and 2 children, Alec and recently born Sally. Right Now Craig is way too busy going for his PHD to play much music. But he did write a fine song recently...

I still have a beard---now smaller (the beard, not me) and it's quite grey now. I keep saying I should let it grow out and get to bein' black again, but I'm a procrastonator.

Art Thieme