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According to Stephen H. Baird, founder of the Subway Artists Guild, the MBTA used to arbitrarily eject musicians from stations. Baird says he began the Guild to stop this sort of harassment...
...always been our contention that the T is a public forum," says Baird, who organized the Guild under the umbrella of the Folk Arts Network. "It got to where almost no one could play...
...MBTA began playing "musak" at around the winter holidays--a time especially crucial for musicians trying to make bucks. According to Baird, the MBTA relented only after the Guild appealed to then Governor Michael S. Dukakis and State Sen. Michael J. Barrett...
...That's going to completely wipe us out," says Gibbons, adding that the MBTA did not consult the Guild before approving...
...response to the plan, the Guild has sent letters of protest to the MBTA hierarchy and plans to seek help from Barrett...