Didn't Pete Seeger's daddy and ethnomusicologist, Charles Seeger, observe : "Plagurism is basic to all culture/s" ?!


This thread seems to me, to be allied to those that have discussed whether the pop music term "cover", has any relevance in "folk music" (I tend to think not ...) - or to what degree "the singer songwriter" personifies "folk music" (IMHO, not as much as some would like to believe!!!)


Cheers! R-J