
Musician/author and Milwaukee expat
John Kruth checked in with the
Shepherd from New York via a quick e-mail to share some good news. He's won the ASCAP/Deems Taylor Award:
I won the ASCAP/Deems Taylor Award for Best Music Biography of the Year
for my latest book To Lives To Fly: The Ballad of the Late, Great Townes Van Zandt
published by Da Capo. Also receiving an award will be Oliver Sachs. The Awards Ceremony will be on Tues, Dec 9th at Lincoln Center and
I'll be playing Townes' song "Still Looking for You" with my group that includes
bassist Dave Dreiwitz of Ween, and Samantha Parton of the Be Good Tanyas.