In the liner notes to Dirk Powell's "Time Again" CD, author Charles Frazier writes:

"The term Old-Time Music has always seemed odd to me, since the music in question harks back not to an older but to a younger America, a culture with more direct access to unfiltered and unmediated feelings about death and life, grief and exuberance, loss and desire."

I recommend that you follow the link in my earlier post to David Lynch's web site to learn more. Also, you've got a terrific resource in BanjoRay...

-Greg