What Ever Happened to Connie Converse?

Elizabeth Eaton “Connie” Converse (1924-?) was a singer-songwriter who was active in New York City in the 1950s… Her only public performance was a brief television appearance in 1954 on “The Morning Show” on CBS with Walter Cronkite… In August 1974, she wrote a series of letters to her family and friends, talking about her intention to make a new life somewhere else. By the time the letters were delivered, she had packed her belongings in her Volkswagon Beetle and driven away, never to be heard from again.

Today marks, uh, the two-and-a-half year and ten day anniversary of the release of the only collection of Connie’s music. Before she disappeared she made a few creepy, beautiful recordings that sat around for a long time until someone put them all in one place where you can get at them. Maybe, if you listen really hard, she left us some clues? “Down This Road” has promise…