Well Rick, those of us that have followed you and your exploits for the past couple of years here on the 'Cat don't have the tendency to think you're nuts. Hell no, we KNOW you are!!
But all that aside, like El Swanno I too have goosebumps for you. I just can't imagine what it would be like to actually SEE Ronnie Gilbert up close and personal in SOMEONE'S home AND as if that weren't enough being able to sing with her!! Hell, I'd probably get awestruck and tongue tied and sit in the corner babbling to myself and drooling the rest of the night!!
As for your 'reinventing' yourself, isn't that ability and courage to do so the mark of a TRUE Folky? Isn't it the tradition of the folk community to change things that needed changing?