Rick,

Mayo had a wonderful dry sound. And yet it was so fresh. Like a mountain stream. In my opinion, that was folk music. These guys could really play but they had no pretensions about it. Not a show-off in the lot. Ever since then I've loved Bluegrass. Although I've heard more recent bands which seem to have a different angle, more showy and away from that original spirit of "folk music with overdrive".

Sorry to digress from the topic. I think if Lee were around he would have gotten into the early spirit of Bluegrass music. Nothing against Newgrass or Bela (I admire that too) or any of the wonderful reapplications but it's a different experience for me to remember the early Stanley Brothers and how much a part of American folk music they are.

Frank