2/14- THE NEXT TIME YOU ASK A FRIEND WHERE HE’S BEEN AND HE TELLS YOU YOU HE’S JUST COME BACK FROM THE CHICKEN FESTIVAL, THAT’S YOUR FAIR WARNING THAT SOME GOOD FOLK-LORE IS HEADED YOUR WAY!

Barry says he’s never met a busier man, a happier man or a man more enthralled with his work.  He means ROBERT RODRIGUEZ, a teacher, actor, singer and a student of folk-lore from Iran to Ireland clear over to Tennessee.  Rodriguez has been totally blind since birth.  When Barry earlier today called Rodriguez to ask where he’d been, Rodriguez replied, “I went out to the Chicken Festival.”  Something that grew inside Barry during his 53 years on radio told him he should stop right there, end the phone conversation and do the rest live on the air, which was promptly scheduled for this evening.