This thread came up as I was leaving for Kentucky last week, and Sandy had posted a definitive answer, so I didn't bother to look for it when I came back. But since it came up again, let me add 2 cents....probably less.

As folk music burst around and upon me in the mid sixties, JJN was one of the many who drew me to the music of the mountains. He was, at that point in time, held in some esteem around Berea and we were innocent young sponges who really didn't know anything of what we know now. All the same, there is a certain debt of an odd sort we owe him. Original, certainly; Authentic, certainly not...and yet, much that eventually came out of the Appalachian hills would never have garnered any notice had it not been for his notoriety which gave some reason to search out the truly authentic people, sounds, and songs. He wasn't the sole reason of course, but he certainly provided additional impetus to that movement. And he was one of the "baits" which hooked many of us on folk.

Shoulda' figured it out though......Even his dulcimers were outlandishly sized!

Spaw