He lent that voice for the narration of Ken Burns' documentary series Baseball and The Civil War.

He was born in NYC and grew up in St. Louis. Quite a pedigree too. (Learned from Wiki.)

Thx for posting this song...brings back all sorts of memories.

I do miss him.

His energy in the first version to the laid back bunch of old pickers in the second. Not sure which one I enjoy best but both are excellent.

I know this is an old post and no one will see it. I loved the rendition he played at Steve Goodman's memorial tribute. He was a friendly person too. At the Philadelphia Folk Festival he was walking around the camp sites and stopped and visited us for a while. We played guitars, I had a banjo that I gladly offered John, and there was a bit of weed, beer, and wine. A fine time was had by all of us that I will never forget.

Even being a professional musician was too much of a straight job for him.

one of my faves:

What a musician.

Hey jimmil - you actually met him. Lucky bugger!