John Stewart just played in Los Angeles last weekend, and is busy this week working on a new studio album in LA. He wrote lots of new songs after he suffered a concussion last year. He has an upcoming spring East Coast (US) tour scheduled and will be back in CA in the summer. His fans (in the email world) are called Bloodliners and the email list was just discussing Gordon Lightfoot's music last month. The Jimmy Duke house concerts her plays in San Diego County each year are recorded and the CD are for sale. They show his current musical skills and include many of his songs that other people made hits, such as Roseanne Cash, the Monkees and others. He also did the folk album, "Darwins Army" with Dave Crossland. Each summer for the last six or seven years Stewart has sponsored a "Trio Fantasy Camp" where people could 'become' a member of the Kingston Trio and play a song with Nick Renolds and John Stewart. Bob Shane was also there for the last two summers. It is quite an event with the fans coming to watch the shows and and it becomes a festival weekend for those involved. Stewart usually sponsors a special songwriters workshop or retrospective or other activites for those who come as Campers and get to play with him. He hangs out with the fans and Bloodliners that weekend. He is quite friendly and enjoys talking with his fans.
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