Jim Hinde - R.I.P.

Jim Hinde, Seattle Folk Singer, performs at the 2006 Port Townsend Farmers Market.

Seattle PI
June 10, 2008
Jim Hinde, 1951-2008: Market busker sang his heart out

For 18 years, Jim Hinde's folk songs provided a musical background for Pike Place Market's cacophony of fishmongers and vegetable sellers. His anti-war and protest ballads carrying more meaning and passion than ever as he watched sadly as a new generation went off to fight.

Hinde, the Market's bushy-bearded busker, died in his sleep Monday. He was 56.