Word: debi
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Like a million other hippies, Raffi strummed ballads by Dylan, Guthrie and Seeger, plus a few that he had written, in local coffeehouses. His wife Debi Pike taught kindergarten. For a while, the going was tough -- until Raffi found a way to merge what they both...
...centers, and Blowin' in the Wind was replaced by songs such as Five Little Ducks. Childless himself, he had no idea how to woo his audience. "I thought you were supposed to attract their attention," he says, screwing his thumbs into his ears. "Hey, kid, watch this!" But with Debi's help, he made a discovery. "I realized you don't have to impress children," he said. "They make up their minds very quickly whether they like...
Success, and its evil twin self-doubt, moved in around 1980. Each of his children's albums sold more than 200,000 copies, and he and Debi had a huge new house in Toronto. The cafe revolutionary was practicing yoga, reading Gandhi and worrying about playing Russian roulette with nature. "I was scared. I bought organic fruits and vegetables, and I started drinking bottled water because I was concerned about the purity of what...
...time of emptying," he says. "I had to hear my inner music." He produced a series of watercolor nudes in the style of Picasso. He also read feminist literature and decided that patriarchal society was rooted in violence. The process did not produce inner peace. He separated from Debi, entered therapy and moved to Vancouver, hub of Canada's counterculture. "My life as I knew it had come undone," he says quietly. "Singing for children was out of the question...
...world of American competitive figure skating, the decision to attend college was a decision that really only Wylie and women's Olympic medalist Debi Thomas--who is an under-graduate at Stanford--have made...