Dave Van Ronk said that defining yourself as a S/S is defining the person not the music. He said that that would put Joni Mitchell and Hoagy Carmichael in the same category(an interesting thought, he said).

Utah Phillips upon being given the lifetime Acheivement Award at the Folk Annoyance in Canada said thus;

"The aging Folksinger steps out of the music store, his 1930's Gibson slung low on his hip to be confronted by a brash, young, singer-songwriter, armed with an Ovation and an effects box. The brash, young singer-songwriter assaults the aging folksinger with 20 minutes of intensely personal, highly metaphorical verbiage. The aging folksinger swings his sunburst Gibson L-OO around, and responds with a verse and a chorus of RED RIVER VALLEY. The brash, young, singer-songwriter drops, stunned by the simplicity of an un-authored folksong!"


Mark Ross