Les Barker no longer attending 2008 National

It is with much heaviness in our hearts that we have to announce that Les Barker will no longer be performing at the 2008 National Folk Festival.

Les had a heart attack a couple of weeks ago followed by some surgery to remove a blood clot. He has since recovered and has been released back into the community with a large number of pills and is experimenting with deep-fried aspirin.

All of us at the National Folk Festival wish Les a speedy recovery and look forward to having him at a National in the future where he will perform the epic poem he has no doubt composed while recovering.