Hi McGrath, Need to set the record straight about Pete at the Newport Festival. The only reason he got mad is that he thought that the audience would not be able to discern Dylan's lyrics which he has always felt to be important. The band was overpowering him in Pete's estimation.

Regarding the collecting of folk music, I feel it's so important to emphasize the human connection to the appreciation for folk music. The people who sang it are as important to me as the music itself and in my view the two things are inseparable. When it becomes a dry, academic pursuit without the love and feeling that comes from a great folk performar, the word "folk" no longer applies. The great collectors that I knew or know such as Ken Goldstein, Wayland Hand, Wayne Daniel, Alan Lomax, Archie Green and others bring to their work a reverence and passion that spells love to me. How can this possibly be a "bad" thing? We owe what we know of folk music to this day because of the collectors. Otherwise there would be no Mudcat.

Frank