For Ron Olesko:

I wouldn't dispute any of that. Perhaps it would have been more germane for me to differentiate between the "folk revival" and the broad popularization of folk music, its relatives and derivitives. Growing up in California, I was not privy to the Greenwich Village folk scene, which Liam Clancy vividly described in a book some years ago. I was very aware of the San Francisco-based folk scene, with people like Lou Gottleib, Malvina Reynolds, Travis Edmonson and many others performing several years before they became "known" as members of groups such as the Limeliters and Bud & Travis, for example. I will seek out both books. I look forward to an insightful read.