Hello, Ray.
I just happened to run across this old email online. You don't know me, but I used to come see you at the Jolly Coachman and maybe some of the Omaha coffee houses back in the early 60s. You're one of he people who turned me on to live folk music. I
have devoted myself to that for the rest of my life, doing traditional music for a living since 1971. I hope you are doing well and want to thank you for what you did for me. Another question did you also know Dave Hammill (sp?) who used to play those
same coffee houses, a great banjo player.
Bob Bovee
boveeheil.com
On Friday, August 16, 2013 at 3:12:25 PM UTC-5,
[email protected] wrote:
This is Ray Phoenix. I met Ted back in the early 1960's at a Coffee House called "The Jolly Coachman", back in Council Bluffs, Iowa. The manager, Gus Halminiack (as I recall) ran it for several years, eventually moving it to Omaha, where I also sang
several times. Ted and I didn't sing together, but we shared the billing when the coffee house first opened, and had a good friendship.
I'd love to get in touch with Ted. I'm very sorry to hear of Marti's passing. She told me that she had independently written the same poem I did, which went like this:
Around the other side of the mountain
I heard a star singing,
with eternity by its side...
And I followed.
I can remember her being pregnant around that time, and how luminous she was, and how happy.
Ted was a fine singer and a good friend, and I'd love to hear from him and to find out how he's doing these days.
Ray Phoenix
619-961-7390
On Wednesday, May 17, 1995 12:00:00 AM UTC-7, Edward Zuckerman wrote:
Does anyone know the whereabouts of Ted Anderson, songwriter and folk performer, who used to appear at the old 12th of Never coffeehouse in Richton Park, Ill., during the late '60s...as well as other venues in
the Chicago region. He previously was with a trio, The Hammer Singers, which was based in Wisconsin.
When last seen (by me), he was living with wife, Marti, and children,
Joel and Bridget, in Kansas City area and was working with Stan Plesser and Good Karma Productions. If you see him, tell him an old friend is trying to find him.
Ed Zuckerman
P.O. Box 1499
Hedgesville, WV 25427
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