Kentucky folk singer and mountain dulcimer player (and builder) Jean
Ritchie passed away yesterday. Jean came to NY in the 1940s, she and her
husband George Pickow lived in Port Washington (on Long Island) for
many years. Some years ago, when we were performing at the Port
Washington Library, Jean and George came to see us. I didn't know they
were in the audience until I offered a free Homegrown String Band
CD to anyone in the audience who knew who Lily Mae Ledford or Tommy
Jarrell were. Of course Jean knew who they were, she knew each
personally, and had played music with both of them. Jean had a regal and
(to my eyes) larger than life presence, she would have been American
folk music royalty, if there was such a thing
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