Featuring: Phi Kappa Phi Member Focus • Wish You Well Foundation • Seeger, Springsteen, and American Folk Music • Chapter News • David Thurmaier • Member News • Jazz Yesterday and Today: So Much Music for One Small Word • Bookshelf • David E. Aaberg The Quest for Country Music Jocelyn R. Neal The Songs Remain the Same…Sort of Philip Chang The Tale of Two Witches: Reflections on an Unlikely Friendship in Wicked Kevin Clifton American Music Education: A Struggle for Time and Curriculum David Conrad The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi was founded in 1897 and became a national organization through the Board of Directors efforts of the presidents of three state universities. Its Paul J. Ferlazzo, PhD primary objective has been from the first the recogni- National President tion and encouragement of superior scholarship in Northern Arizona University Dept. of English, Box 6032 all fields of study. 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Ferlazzo 11 Seeger, Springsteen, and American Folk Music 3 Forum on Education & David Thurmaier Academics Terry Palardy 15 Jazz Yesterday and Today: So Much Music for One Small Word 4 Forum on Business & David E. Aaberg Economics Charles K. Davis 19 The Quest for Country Music Jocelyn R. Neal 6 Forum on Science & Technology 23 The Songs Remain the Same…Sort of John Knox Philip Chang 8 Forum on the Arts George Ferrandi 27 The Tale of Two Witches: Reflections on an Unlikely Friendship in Wicked 10 A Note from the Editor Kevin Clifton 38 Letters to the Editor 31 American Music Education: A Struggle for Time and Curriculum David Conrad __________________Member Focus 39 Wish You Well Foundation _____________________________________________ Book Reviews 41 Phi Kappa Phi Chapter News 35 Richard Crawford’s America’s Musical Life: A History 43 Phi Kappa Phi Bookshelf reviewed by Neil R. Luebke 44 Member News 35 Bill Crow’s Jazz Anecdotes: The Second Time Around reviewed by Ellis L. Marsalis, Jr. 47 In Memoriam 36 Arthur Kempton’s Boogaloo: The Quintessence of 48 Phi Kappa Phi Merchandise American Popular Music reviewed by Shane Porter President’s Page Paul J. Ferlazzo President of The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi Although we are in the process campus faculty member who is also of updating and revising the Ritual being honored for achievements in of Initiation and hope to