Amos: You remindedme of one of my favorite Peanuts comic strips.
Lucy appears in the box, looking angry and unhappy. Charlie asks her what's wrong, and she answers "I'm not happy... someone's not doing their job!"

As for me, I'm as excited about the appearance of Norah Jones on the scene as I was about Dylan, and I'd take the Dixie Chicks over The Highwaymen, The Kingston Trio, The Chad Mitchell Four or any sixties group. I'd match Steve Earle against just about any of the 60's songwriters, too.

I think what we're talking about is "being there." Well, I was there when Rick Fielding did a concert recently in Branford, Connecticut, and I'll be there when Harvey Andrews comes over, and perhaps my friend Roy Harris if he's anywhere near here. And you know I'm going to be here when the Shellbacks Chorus comes over. Just because people aren't getting signed to major companies now, and there isn't the same market for folk music that there was in the sixties doesn't diminish today in my eyes. How many records did Mississippi John sell the first time around? If he was still around today, he'd probably sell even fewer, unless he used a drum machine and mixed a little more rap into his songs.

The human spirit will always rise..

Jerry