A nice compliment from MMDer and ragtime researcher Ed Berlin
appeared today on the newsgroup "rec.music.ragtime",
http://www.mailgate.org/rec/rec.music.ragtime/msg01760.html

> Newsgroups: rec.music.ragtime
> From: Ed Berlin <eaberlin@fnol.net>
> Subject: Re: J. LAWRENCE COOK - Unpublished Photos
> Date: Fri, 02 Nov 2001 14:56:48 GMT
>
> Mike,  I am in awe of what you and your associates have assembled.
> The source materials you provide bring us closer to the true
> history, debunking the false assertions and fictions that so
> often pass for the ragtime/jazz story.  Congratulations, and
> continue marching onward.
>
> Ed Berlin

Visit Mike's site at http://www.doctorjazz.freeserve.co.uk/

Robbie Rhodes