Friday, September 4, 2015 at 12:02AM Leon Gorman, who led L.L. Bean’s growth into a global giant, passed away yesterday at the age of 80.
LINK (via:The Portland Press Herald)
legends of fly fishing, ll bean, rip in Legends Sunday, May 17, 2015 at 12:02AM 
Live at the Paramount Theatre, Seattle, WA; May 30, 1971. Very good FM broadcast.
Everyday I Have The Blues, How Blue Can You Get and The Thrill is Gone below.
bb king, fish tunes, rip, sunday toona in Music Tuesday, May 6, 2014 at 12:01AM 
Billy Frank Jr., a Nisqually elder, fisherman and key figure in the fight to protect Native American fishing rights and salmon habitat, passed away at home on May 5, the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission announced.
Mr. Frank was first arrested for salmon fishing as a boy in 1945. He was beaten and jailed repeatedly as he and others staged “fish ins” demanding the right to collect Chinook and other salmon in their historical waters, as guaranteed under treaties when they ceded land to settlers in the 19th century. By the time celebrities like Marlon Brando showed up on the Nisqually River to assist them in 1964, the salmon wars had raged for decades.
In 1974, U.S. District Judge George Boldt affirmed the tribes’ right to half of the fish harvest — and the nation’s obligation to honor the old treaties. In 1993, another court decision extended that affirmation to the harvest of shellfish.
By then Mr. Frank already had become one of the nation’s most eloquent and influential tribal champions.
LINK (via: Seattle Times)
Just last week Billy had this to say about the recent Puget Sound hatchery steelhead agreement.
“Lost and damaged habitat, not hatcheries or harvest, is what’s driving wild steelhead and salmon populations toward extinction,” Frank said. “The focus needs to be on fixing and protecting habitat, not fighting over hatcheries and the fish they produce.”
billy frank jr, boldt decision, rip in Legends Wednesday, January 29, 2014 at 12:00AM Folk music and civil-rights icon Pete Seeger brought his brand of straight-talking this-banjo-kills-fascists political activism to "The Johnny Cash Show" on March 4, 1970.
pete seeger, rip in Music Sunday, January 5, 2014 at 12:00AM Keep on dreaming Phil.
fish tunes, rip, steve earle, sunday toona in Music Monday, October 28, 2013 at 12:00AM 
Lou Reed, a massively influential songwriter and guitarist who helped shape nearly fifty years of rock, died yesterday on Long Island at the age of 71.
Rock and Roll, Sweet Jane and Walk on the Wild Side from the Palace Theatre, Dayton, OH; October 27, 1974 embedded below.
lou reed, monday toona, rip 
