"When I hear yet another adolescent declare that his/her highest aspiration is to 'be-in-a-band', I despair!"

I depair over people like you. When I was a teenager, low thses many years ago, that's an aspiration that many of had, to be in a band. Don't denigrate those who actually have some ambition, and, who knows, some vision.

I happen to prefer musicians who areverbally clear, durable AND unpretentious, which means some of them ain't folkies. Right at this moment, as I type this, I'm listening to I put A Spell On You as performed by David Gilmour and Mica Paris and The Jools Holland Rhythm & Blues Orchestra. Amazing stuff!