My apologies, but I chose to start a new thread for this, because the other Northwest Folklife Festival thread seems to have turned a bit sour.
This year's Northwest Folklife Festival will be heavy on sea songs. A story on Maritime History of the Pacific Northwest in Song on KUOW-FM (local NPR affiliate) HERE. It played this morning and has been archived already. There is a link if you'd like to give it a listen. It runs a little under an hour. One of the singers being interviewed is Jon Pfaff, whom I have known since the coffee house days.
And now—a touch of shameless self-promotion:— Bob Nelson (Deckman) was interviewed a few days ago by a reporter from the Everett Herald. I just got an e-mail from Bob letting me know that the story has been published. Here it is— . For the masochists among you, THIS will enlarge the picture. It was taken in 1959 at "The Place Next Door". Ye Gods we were young. . . .
Bob and I will be performing on Monday, May 26th, at 1:00 p.m. or thereabouts in the Olympic Room, along with a whole bunch of other folks from those prehistoric times.