Poetic Obituaries: Soon, [Fred] Starner was regularly trekking

to Northern California to visit the "hobo jungles" in Dunsmuir, once a thriving railroad town. As he regularly performed at National Hobo Assn. gatherings, he found that many younger hobos were unaware of their shared history of music, poetry and stories.

So he set out to preserve it in a documentary he co-produced and appears in called "That's the Ticket Roadhog: The Hobo's Song."

from Los Angeles Times: 'Banjo Fred' Starner dies at 72; folk singer documented hobo music and culture

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