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Hi Lynn! I love your writing! The blend of history, reflection, and your  real life journey are captivating and beautiful. I tend to read mostly non-fiction. I would add to a list of favorite authors about the NW: John McFee's "Coming Into the Country", The history series of Central/E. OR, "Thunder Over the Ochoco", by Gale Ontko, various books by Barry Lopez, as well as William Sullivan's work on OR. The book "Don Coyote" and "Honey in the Horn" are other gems. Thanks for your work! Composer/guitarist- Cam Newton-3rd generation Oregon Native.

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Hi Emily!

The Cam Newton name part of this is in having been a rather singular name in and amongst my Boomer generation as a musician  and then....It is like the image of walking down a quiet nightime country road, minding your own business, when all of a sudden an unheard approaching  car comes screaming around a corner with its brights on and almost runs you down as it races by, leaving you a little stunned and thinking"There for the grace of God".

It is very strange to hear my name enunciated all over the media constantly, and in a sports context.The sports world and its stars, in a way, couldn't be further from the artist's life and mind set that goes along with it. Creative singularity versus extreme team competition and group think.

I am extremely happy for my University and my state. My years at Uof O were formative and wonderful. I will happily be an armchair sportsman tonight! Go Ducks! And...go Cam Newton!

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Hi,

I'm the Oregon Cam Newton, born in Eugene 7/4/54 and an alumnus of the U of O music school. I also own the domain www. camnewton.com . I could never have seen this convergence of events coming. What an odd, great thing it is. I hope that Cam Newton plays really well but that of course the Tigers get turned into butter by the Ducks.

In the mid-70s I played with an all original band in Eugene called Sojac. I remember introducing a new swing tune I'd written at a performance at the EMU Ballroom called "Spectator Wargames" about American football and the armchair sportsman.

CHORUS:

"Spectator, spectator, man alive,...evolution's hard enough without this jive...Spectator, spectator, man alive, (how did they survive until this moment arrived-2X) "? Instrumental break

Ah...youthful indiscretion...What an odd and wonderful thing it is....

Oregon Cam Newton, composer-guitarist in the PDX phonebook

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