The Ramones were great folksiingers with electric guitars. But why is folk music so entwined with the guitar? Not many piano players on the list. Probably because the acoutic guitar (and other acoustic instruments) was very portable and excellent for transporting songs throughout a region? But then why admit the electric guitar? The Ramones are definitley folk. Electric folk? We all know the old Dylan story. But there's more to it than that. Jimi, Janis and James all sang about sex, drugs and rock & roll. And I spose that is as valid as singing about cowpoking, train hopping, lumberjacking, steamshipping and cornhusking. That is why I have little taste for 60's "folkies" - because they did not sing about the times as well as the rockers did. A few did but even Dylan was very inconsistent on that point. The rockers and punkers were more consistent with their literary messages.

So my four heads on Rushmore will be the Ramones - original lineup - Joey, Johnny, Dee Dee and Tommy.