Editing Dave Carter

{{short description|American singer-songwriter}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name              = Dave Carter
| image             = DaveCarter-smaller.jpg
| caption           = 
| birth_name        = David Robert Carter
| alias             = 
| birth_date        = {{Birth date|1952|8|13}}
| birth_place       = [[Oxnard, California]], U.S.
| death_date        = {{death date and age|2002|7|19|1952|8|3}}
| death_place       = [[Hadley, Massachusetts]], U.S.
| origin            = 
| instrument        = {{Ubl
 | Vocals
 | Guitar
 | Banjo
 | Piano
 }}
| genre             = [[Folk music|Folk]]
| occupation        = Singer-songwriter
| years_active      = 1995–2002
| label             = [[Signature Sounds]]
| associated_acts   = [[Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer]]<br />[[Tracy Grammer]]<br />[[Blue Cliff Ensemble]]
}}
'''Dave Carter''' (August 13, 1952{{Snd}} July 19, 2002) was an American [[folk music]] singer-songwriter who described his style as "[[post-modern]] mythic American folk music".<ref name="ITP-2002">{{cite web |url=http://www.itp.edu/currents/articles/alanlomax.php |title=Baby, I Just Died: The Passing of Alan Lomax |first1=Joyce |last1=Marcel |date=2002 |accessdate=October 27, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111025002945/http://itp.edu/currents/articles/alanlomax.php |archive-date=October 25, 2011 }}</ref> He was one half of the duo [[Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer]], who were heralded as the new "voice of modern folk music" in the months before Carter's unexpected death in July 2002.<ref name="Alarik-2003">{{cite book |last1=Alarik |first1=Scott |title=Deep community : adventures in the modern folk underground |date=2003 |publisher=Black Wolf Press |isbn=9780972027014 |pages=196–197}}{{Snd}} reprinting "New songs from old places: Dave Carter, Tracy Grammer, and Joan Baez," ''Boston Globe'', September 9, 2001.</ref> They were ranked as number one on the year-end list for "Top Artists" on the ''Folk Music Radio Airplay Chart'' for 2001 and 2002, and their popularity has endured in the years following Carter's death.<ref name ="FDJ-L">{{Cite web |url=http://folkradio.org/summaries.html |title=Annual Folk Airplay Summaries |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070701231233/http://folkradio.org/summaries.html |archive-date=July 1, 2007 |first1=Richard |last1=Gillmann }}</ref> [[Joan Baez]], who went on tour with the duo in 2002, spoke of Carter's songs in the same terms that she once used to promote a young [[Bob Dylan]]:
<blockquote>"There is a special gift for writing songs that are available to other people, and Dave's songs are very available to me.  It's a kind of genius, you know, and Dylan has the biggest case of it.  But I hear it in Dave's songs, too.<ref name="Alarik-2003" /></blockquote>
Carter's songs were often noted for their poetic imagery, spirituality and storytelling while retaining connection to the country music of his southern American upbringing.  Carter's memory has been kept alive by his many admirers, most notably his former partner. [[Tracy Grammer]] has continued to introduce previously unrecorded songs and recordings that the duo were working on prior to Carter's death.

== Early life and education ==
Dave Carter was born in [[Oxnard, California]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Archives |first=L. A. Times |date=2002-07-24 |title=Dave Carter, 49; Folk Music Writer Toured With Joan Baez |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-jul-24-me-passings24.1-story.html |access-date=2025-03-31 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=EDITOR |first=BILL O'NEILL,LIFESTYLE |title=Dave Carter earned folk's highest prize |url=https://www.capecodtimes.com/story/news/2002/07/25/dave-carter-earned-folk-s/50904581007/ |access-date=2025-03-31 |website=Cape Cod Times |language=en-US}}</ref> His father was a mathematician and a [[petroleum engineer]] and his mother was a science teacher and a [[Charismatic Christianity|charismatic Christian]].<ref name="mmatters">{{Cite web |last1=Bulla |first1=David |url=http://www.mmreview.com/Features/Tanglewd.htm |website=Music Matters Review |title=A 'Tanglewood' Music Feast—Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer }}</ref> Carter was raised in [[Oklahoma]] and [[Texas]] and would draw on his rural upbringing in many of his songs.  He studied [[European classical music|classical]] piano from age 4 to about age 12, when he took up guitar.  At 17, he left home to [[hitchhike]] around the country, especially the [[Midwestern United States]] ([[Great Plains]] area).  After graduating with degrees in music (cello) and [[fine arts]] from the [[University of Oklahoma]], Carter moved to [[Portland, Oregon]], where he continued his education at [[Portland State University]], earning a degree in mathematics.  He began an advanced degree in mathematics, but a personal epiphany led him to realize that this was not to be his field.<ref name="SO-45-1">{{Cite journal |first1=Matt |last1=Watroba |title=Sing Out! Spotlight: Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer |journal=[[Sing Out!]] |volume=45 |issue=1 |date=Spring 2001 |issn=0037-5624 }}</ref> He went on to study what he called "the psychology of mystical experience" at the [[Institute of Transpersonal Psychology]] in [[Palo Alto, California|Palo Alto]] and the [[California Institute of Integral Studies]] in San Francisco,<ref name="mmatters" /> and worked as an [[embedded systems]] programmer for several years before taking up music full-time in the mid-1990s. Carter was greatly influenced by [[mythologist]] [[Joseph Campbell]], who visited his college, and American mystic [[Carlos Castaneda]]. He was also influenced by the American landscape, [[Arthurian mythology]], the environment, and transcendental psychology.

== Partnership with Tracy Grammer ==
[[Image:CarterGrammer.jpg|thumb|left|Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer]]
{{main|Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer}}
Prior to his death, Carter released three albums with Grammer: ''[[When I Go (album)|When I Go]]'' (1998); ''[[Tanglewood Tree]]'' (2000); and ''[[Drum Hat Buddha]]'' (2001). The duo re-recorded many of the songs from ''[[Snake Handlin' Man]]'', plus two previously unrecorded songs, in early 2002. The CD, called ''[[Seven Is the Number]]'', was released by Tracy Grammer in 2006. A collection of the duo's holiday recordings called ''[[American Noel]]'' was compiled by Tracy Grammer and released in 2008 by Signature Sounds. In 2012, Grammer partnered with [[Red House Records]] to release "[[Little Blue Egg]]" and a limited-edition companion EP, "[[Joy My Love]]", which included previously-unpublished recordings and rare demos from the duo's home studio.

== Transgender identity ==
In 2000 Carter revealed to Grammer that he had struggled with [[gender dysphoria]] since his early teen years.<ref name="NPR-20120719">{{cite news |title=Tracy Grammer On World Cafe |url=https://www.npr.org/2012/07/19/157047115/tracy-grammer-on-world-cafe |work=[[NPR]] |agency=[[WXPN-FM]] |date=July 19, 2012 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="SFNM-20130412">{{cite web |last1=Kohlhaase |first1=Bill |title=Road yet taken: Singer Tracy Grammer forges her own path |url=http://www.santafenewmexican.com/pasatiempo/music/in_concert/article_0ff77864-a2e5-11e2-bd08-0019bb30f31a.html |website=[[The Santa Fe New Mexican]] |language=en |date=April 12, 2013 |location=Santa Fe, NM }}</ref> Grammer later said, "... he was exploring a gender change and that altered the dynamics of our off-stage relationship. It actually made things quite difficult for us personally, but anyone on the outside would not have known that. It was just a process that we were going through and that, thankfully, we reconciled with by the time he died."<ref name="SAFL-20080912">{{cite news |last1=Pound |first1=Kara |title=An interview with folkstress Tracy Grammer |url=http://staugustine.com/stories/091208/compass_021.shtml |work=[[The St. Augustine Record]] |issn=1041-1577 |location=St. Augustine, FL |url-status=dead |date=September 12, 2008 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402115016/http://staugustine.com/stories/091208/compass_021.shtml#.VR0tBufgpEY |archivedate=2015-04-02}}</ref>

Of this timeframe, Grammer said: "... We even had a whole plan for the unveiling. He was going to release one more manly ‘Cowboy Dave’ album, and I would introduce myself as a solo artist. Then he would go change and we would come back as an all-girl band, calling ourselves The Butterfly Conservatory. He would be she and that would be that."<ref name="SFNM-20130412" />

== Death and tributes ==
Carter died of a massive heart attack on July 19, 2002, in a hotel room in [[Hadley, Massachusetts]]<ref name="NYT-20020725">{{cite news |title=Dave Carter, 49, Folk Singer and Songwriter |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/25/arts/dave-carter-49-folk-singer-and-songwriter.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=July 25, 2002 |page=B8 }}</ref> after returning from an early morning run.<ref name="ITP-2002" /> He and Grammer were slated to play that weekend at the Green River Festival in [[Greenfield, Massachusetts|Greenfield]]<ref name="Texicana-2002-07-20">{{Cite web |last1=McDonald |first1=Fern |url=http://www.misslana.com/greenriverfest.htm |title=Green River Festival |website=Texicana Music Central |date=July 20, 2002 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020811124859/http://www.misslana.com/greenriverfest.htm |archive-date=2002-08-11 }}</ref> and were booked that summer to play many of the nation's top [[folk festival]]s and [[folk clubs]]. He was 49.  Carter's death came as a great shock to the folk music community. Tracy Grammer gave her account of Carter's final moments in a letter to fans: <blockquote>"Yesterday, shortly after he went unconscious, he came back for a lucid minute or two to tell me, 'I just died... Baby, I just died...' There was a look of wonder in his eyes, and though I cried and tried to deny it to him, I knew he was right and he was on his way. He stayed with me a minute more but despite my attempts to keep him with me, I could see he was already riding that thin chiffon wave between here and gone. He loved beauty, he was hopelessly drawn to the magic and the light in all things. I figure he saw something he could not resist out of the corner of his eye and flew into it. Despite the fact that every rescue attempt was made by paramedics and hospital staff and the death pronouncement officially came at 12:08&nbsp;pm Eastern Time, I believe he died in my arms in our favorite hotel, leaving me with those final words. That's the true story I am going to tell."<ref name="DT-20020721">{{cite web |last1=Grammer |first1=Tracy |title=Dave Carter: August 13, 1952{{Snd}} July 19, 2002 |at=post: Love from Tracy |url=http://daveandtracy.globalhosting.com/index.php |website=daveandtracy.globalhosting.com |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20020810191111/http://daveandtracy.globalhosting.com/index.php |archivedate=2002-08-10 |date=July 21, 2002 |url-status=unfit}}</ref></blockquote>

Many had predicted that the duo was destined for success beyond the typical folk music circles. Jim Olsen, president of Carter's record label, [[Signature Sounds]], said, "I always believed it would only take one cover by a major star to unveil his work to the rest of the world; and I was convinced that was going to happen. Somebody was going to open the door for them; and the thing about Dave's music is that once people heard it, they became lifelong fans."<ref name = "BG-20020723">{{Cite news |last1=Alarik |first1=Scott |title=Dave Carter, 49, folk artist touted as 'major lyrical talent' |work=[[Boston Globe]] |page=B7 |date=July 23, 2002 }}</ref> Fellow folksinger and journalist Matt Watroba wrote, "It would make sense at this point to say that Dave Carter was on the verge of something big.  The truth, however, is that Dave was something big already. He moved the people lucky enough to know him or his music in a way that has launched an outpouring of tributes, memories and love."<ref name="SO-46-3">{{Cite journal |last1=Watroba |first1=Matt |title=Last Chorus: Dave Carter (1952–2002) |journal=[[Sing Out!]] |volume=46 |issue=3 |page=27 |date=Fall 2002 |url=http://www.highbeam.com/ref/doc3.asp?docid=1G1:92083658&refid=ink_tptd_g1 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130125061907/http://www.highbeam.com/ref/doc3.asp?docid=1G1:92083658&refid=ink_tptd_g1 |archive-date=2013-01-25 |url-access=subscription}}</ref>

Grammer decided to keep the duo's appointment to play the 2002 [[Falcon Ridge Folk Festival]] the following week and a tribute concert was arranged.<ref name="Rambles-20020831">{{cite web |last1=Hanson |first1=Jennifer |title=Falcon Ridge Folk Festival at Long Hill Farm, Hillsdale, New York (26–28 July 2002) |url=http://www.rambles.net/falcon_ridge02.html |website=Rambles.net |date=August 31, 2002}}</ref> The tribute included performances by a number of Carter's admirers singing his songs.  Highlights included [[Chris Smither]]'s cover of "Crocodile Man", [[Mark Erelli]] singing "Cowboy Singer", a rendition of "Happytown" by [[The Kennedys (band)|The Kennedys]], and "Farewell to Saint Dolores" by [[Eddie From Ohio]].  Grammer herself opened the show with "The Mountain" and closed with "Gentle Soldier of My Soul". Several artists have since written [[#Tributes|tributes]] in Carter's honor and in 2005 Grammer released ''[[Flower of Avalon]]'', including nine previously unrecorded songs by Carter.

== Songwriting ==
Dave Carter's songs have been covered by many others, most notably by [[Judy Collins]] and [[Willie Nelson]] ("When I Go"), [[Joan Baez]] ("The Mountain"), [[Lucy Kaplansky]] ("Cowboy Singer") and Chris Smither ("Crocodile Man"). Tributes to Dave following his death were written by Tracy Grammer ("The Verdant Mile") and [[Richard Shindell]] ("So Says the Whippoorwill"), among others.

One song, "Gentle Arms of Eden", was added to the hymnal in at least one [[Unitarian Universalist]] congregation. More of Carter's songs were recorded by Tracy Grammer on her 2005 album ''[[Flower of Avalon]]''.

Dave Carter was the first winner of the songwriting contest held at Sisters Folk Festival in 1995. In 2005 the contest took his name, becoming the Dave Carter Memorial Songwriting Contest, to honor both his initial victory and his advocacy of the festival in the subsequent years.<ref>{{Cite web |date=7 December 2005 |title=Songwriting contest seeks new entries |url=https://www.nuggetnews.com/story/2005/07/12/news/songwriting-contest-seeks-entries/11511.html |access-date=17 April 2024 |website=The Nugget Newspaper}}</ref> Carter is listed among the winners of the 1998 edition of the Kerrville New Folk Songwriting Competition.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kerrville Folk Festival New Folk Finalist History |url=https://www.kerrvillefolkfestival.org/history-of-newfolk |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230330084915/https://www.kerrvillefolkfestival.org/history-of-newfolk |archive-date=30 March 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref> He also won the 1998 edition of the Wildflower Performing Songwriter Award<ref>{{cite web | url=https://wildflowerfestival.com/songwriter-contest/ | title=Al Johnson Performing Songwriter Contest &#124; WIldflower! Arts & Music Festival }}</ref> and the Napa Valley Folk Festival Emerging Songwriter Award.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/dave-carter-mn0000681979/biography | title=Dave Carter Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More | website=[[AllMusic]] }}</ref>

==Discography==
* ''[[Snake Handlin' Man]]'', Dave Carter (self-release, 1995, out of print)
* ''[[When I Go (album)|When I Go]]'', Dave Carter with [[Tracy Grammer]] (self-release 1998, [[Signature Sounds]] 2002)
* ''[[Tanglewood Tree]]'', [[Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer]] (Signature Sounds, 2000)
* ''[[Drum Hat Buddha]]'', Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer (Signature Sounds, 2001)
* ''[[Seven Is the Number]]'' Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer (Tracy Grammer Music, 2006)
* ''[[American Noel]]'' Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer (Signature Sounds, 2008)
* ''[[Little Blue Egg]]'' Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer (Red House Records, 2012–2017)
* ''[[Joy My Love]]'' Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer (Red House Records, 2012–2017) limited edition EP

===Partial list of covers===
Songs written by Dave Carter performed by other artists:
* ''[[Flower of Avalon]]'' ([[Signature Sounds]], 2005–2019 / Tracy Grammer Music), [[Tracy Grammer]], includes nine previously unrecorded Dave Carter songs.
* "The Mountain", in 2001 concerts, [[Joan Baez]]
* "The River Where She Sleeps", from ''A Crooked Line'' (2001), [[Darryl Purpose]]
* "Tanglewood Tree", from ''Clearwater'' (2002), [[Chris and Meredith Thompson]]<ref name="CMT">{{cite web |title=Chris & Meredith Thompson: Music |url=http://www.cmthompson.com/music.html |website=CMThompson.com |accessdate=18 July 2020 |archive-date=February 17, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200217050338/http://www.cmthompson.com/music.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* "Crocodile Man", from ''[[Train Home]]'' ([[Hightone Records]], 2003), [[Chris Smither]]
* "Farewell to St. Dolores", ''Gambling Eden'' (2003), [[Rani Arbo]]
* "Gentle Arms of Eden", from ''Temporary Stay'' (2003), [[Pat Wictor]]
* "Gentle Arms of Eden", from ''[[Side of the Road]]'' (2003), [[Ellis Paul]] and [[Vance Gilbert]]
* "Walkin' Away from Caroline", from ''God's Poet Now'', (2003, EP to benefit the Dave Carter Memorial Fund), Erik Balkey
* "Cat Eye Willie Claims His Lover", from ''Sweet Mystery of Life'' (2004), [[Full Frontal Folk]]
* "Cowboy Singer", from ''[[The Red Thread (Lucy Kaplansky album)|The Red Thread]]'' ([[Red House Records]], 2004), [[Lucy Kaplansky]]
* "Gentle Soldier of My Soul", from ''Paintbrush'' (2004), [[Diane Zeigler]]
* "The Mountain", ''LIVE'' (2004), [[Chris and Meredith Thompson]]<ref name="CMT" />
* "Quickdraw Southpaw's Last Hurrah", from ''One Horse Town'' (2005), [[Jim Henry (folk singer)|Jim Henry]]<ref name="SO_Henry">{{Cite journal |last1=Watroba |first1=Matt |title=Review: Jim Henry, One Horse Town Six Pack |journal=[[Sing Out!]] |issn=0037-5624 |volume=50 |issue=2 |date=Summer 2006 }}</ref>
* "When I Go", from ''Bristlecone Pine'' (2006), [[Bryan Bowers]]
* "Happytown (It's Alright with Me)" and "Gypsy Rose", from ''[[Songs of the Open Road]]'' ([[Appleseed Recordings]], 2006), [[The Kennedys (band)|The Kennedys]]<ref name="Kennedys">{{cite web |title=Buy The Kennedys CDs |url=http://www.kennedysmusic.com/buycdsbooks.html |website=KennedysMusic.com |accessdate=July 18, 2020}}</ref>
* "When I Go", from ''Stand'' (2003), [[The Kennedys (band)|The Kennedys]]
* "When I Go", from ''Heaven is So High and I'm So Far Down'' (RiskyDisk, 2006), [[Pat Wictor]]
* "Gun Metal Eyes", from ''Liberty Tree (Songs from the Kitchen Table)'' (2007), Mission Street Project{{Citation needed|date=July 2020|reason=Date questionable}}
* "Kate and the Ghost of Lost Love", from ''Open The Gate'' (2007) [[Sense of Wonder]]
* "When I Go" from ''Live'' (2003), [[Ronny Cox]]
* "The Mountain" from ''Not Far Now'' (2009) by [[Richard Shindell]]
* "Tanglewood Tree" from ''Wicked Girls'' (2010) by [[Seanan McGuire]]
* "Girl from Golden" from ''Next Time Around'' (2012) by [[Darryl Purpose]]
* "Gentle Arms of Eden" from ''Horsetamer'' (2013) by [[Julia Ecklar]]
* "Farewell to Saint Dolores" from ''The Pine Hill Project'' (2015) by [[Richard Shindell]] & [[Lucy Kaplansky]]
* "When I Go" from ''Strangers Again'' (2015) by [[Judy Collins]] feat. [[Willie Nelson]]

===Tributes===
Songs written by other artists as tributes to Dave Carter:
* "The Verdant Mile", from ''[[The Verdant Mile]]'' (Tracy Grammer Music, 2004), [[Tracy Grammer]]
* "Between Here and Gone," from ''[[Between Here and Gone]]'' (2004) [[Mary Chapin Carpenter]]
* "Friend of the Coyote", from ''Kickin' This Stone'' (2004), [[Johnsmith]]<ref name="Johnsmith">{{Cite web |url=http://www.johnsmithmusic.com/Reviews.htm |title=CD reviews |website=JohnSmithMusic.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061101021758/http://www.johnsmithmusic.com/Reviews.htm |archive-date=November 1, 2006 }}</ref>
* "So Says the Whippoorwill", from ''[[Vuelta (album)|Vuelta]]'' (Signature Sounds, 2004), [[Richard Shindell]]<ref name="Rambles-Verdant">{{Cite web |last1=Townsend |first1=Dave |url=http://www.rambles.net/grammer_verdant04.html |title=Rambles: Tracy Grammer, The Verdant Mile |website=Rambles.net |date=January 22, 2005}}</ref>
* "God's Poet Now", from ''God's Poet Now'' (2003), Erik Balkey
* "Wheel Inside the Wheel", from ''[[Mercy Now]]'' (2004), [[Mary Gauthier]]
* "Tribute",<ref name="Echos">{{Cite web |last1=Faber |first1=Cat |title=Tribute, a song for Dave Carter |url=http://www.echoschildren.org/CDlyrics/Tribute.html |date=May 24, 2005 }}</ref> from ''From the Hazel Tree'' (written 2002, recorded 2004), written by Catherine Faber, recorded by Echo's Children
* "I Shall Not Look Away", from ''Tiger Tattoo'' (Waterbug Records, 2002), [[Andrew Calhoun]]<ref name="DL-200308-09">{{Cite magazine |title=Linen Shorts: Andrew Calhoun – Tiger Tatoo |magazine=[[Dirty Linen (magazine)|Dirty Linen]] |issn=1047-4315 |date=August–September 2003 |page=95 }}</ref>
* "Willow", from ''Open The Gate'' (2007), Sense of Wonder
* "Dave's Song", from ''White Bird'' (2003), [[Emily Kurn]]
* "Oklahoma Spirit Guide", from ''Spirit Guide'' (2006, Redbud Hill), [[Randy Auxier]]<ref name="SO-50-1">{{Cite journal |first1=Jamie |last1=Anderson |title=Off the Beaten Track: Randy Auxier{{Snd}} Spirit Guide |journal=[[Sing Out]] |issn=0037-5624 |volume=50 |issue=1 |date=Spring 2006 |page=143 }}</ref>
* "Where Did You Go?" from ''Sunset Waltz'' (2008), [[Pat Wictor]]<ref name="PW">{{Cite web |last1=Cuccaro |first1=Richard |url=http://www.patwictor.com/index.php?page=bio&category=Interviews_and_Articles&display=229 |title=Acoustic Live feature: Pat Wictor: The Quest to be an American |date=June 7, 2005 }}</ref>

==References==
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== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070719081442/http://daveandtracy.com/ Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer's Official web site]
* [https://daveandtracy.bandcamp.com/ Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer's music on Bandcamp]
* [https://www.tracygrammer.com/dave-carter-legacy-project.html The Dave Carter Legacy Project]

==Further reading==
* [http://www.mmreview.com/Features/Tanglewd.htm ''Music Matters'' Review on Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer]
* [http://www.wjffradio.org/FolkPlus/interviews/DaveTracy.html WJFF Public Radio] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061002012922/http://www.wjffradio.org/FolkPlus/interviews/DaveTracy.html |date=October 2, 2006 }} Interview with Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer, Aired November 20, 1999

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