Love this thread. Aways wanted to know where you guys were from. I hail from San Antonio, Texas, via New Mexico, Maryland, Pa., and Missouri. Right now its about 70 degrees and humid as usual here in South Texas, have been watching the threads for a year now but never had anything to say that wasn't already said. Play a Gibson j45 and havent sang in public in many years but gittin' back to it now. I belonged to several folk groups back in the 60's but after spending 2 years in Vietnam hung it up because I couldn't straddle the political music fence.Now that I'm apolitical, I realize that I enjoy folk music for its historical value and I'm also doing some writing. I grew up on theWeavers, esp. Pete Seeger, Dylan, Paxton, Judy Collins, PP&M, Kingston trio, Chad Mitchell , Doc Watson, etc. We are getting ready for the Kerrville Folk festival which is 2 months away and will be camping out again this year. Once you go there you will return every year for the rest of your live, guaranteed! Kerrville has become more of a showcase for new songwriters and you find more emphasis on that than traddies, but after the big shows at night, you can find whatever you're looking for at about 100 campfires. (blues, western, celtic, traddie, country, ballads, bluegrass, ==anything! Come on down Y'all.