 I talked with Jim Leary, the folklorist at UW-Madison, about Mike's passion for this work. And he told me a story about one night in 2015 when he was putting on a concert in St. Paul featuring folk songs from this area. Mike was one of the performers. At the end of the night, Jim was splitting up the proceeds with the musicians. I was handing out cash to the different performers, and Mike refused to take any. He said I should keep it for the cause.