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
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