Well, that makes at least three people who remember Rusty Draper (counting me.) Rusty was one of a small handfull of singers in the 50's who were recording songs that had a folk "feel" to them. Before the Kingston Trio and around the time that the Weavers were still having an occasional hit, my attraction to folk music was primarily through Frankie Lane and Rusty Draper, even though the music they recorded was not really "folk."Fifteen or twenty years ago, I came across a Rusty Draper album in a used record store and snatched it up. I'd long since lost the two or three 45 rpms I'd had of Rusty. Revisiting his music was an eye-opener for me. I could hardly get through the album, one time. But, if his recordings didn't wear well, I still appreciate the interest he helped create in me for story songs and ballads. He, Frankie Lane, the Weavers, and to a much lesser extent Harry Belaphonte and Burl Ives created that initial interst in folk music, and I'm thankful for that.