Now ain't this really just some silly ass shit? Rick is more than capable of defending himself if that's needed but frankly it isn't. Rick meets all the criterion for folkie in anybody's book and very few around here are as solidly rooted in traditional folk as Rick. Ask Sandy Paton.....or Art Thieme.....or even Bill D. Things Rick does are either real folk or newer songs in folk style which after time will enter the idiom.

The original poster knows nothing about Rick or the oral/aural folk process......and if s/he does, then this can only be considered a spiteful attack leading me to believe that they DO have a knowledge and ability in some areas. Like I know they can suck the chrome off a bumper hitch for instance. This isn't a clique and the notion could have been phrased in ways allowing discussion....but no, this is simply the work of an unmitigated little pissant with all the courage of a small turd excreted by a mole. Even more gutless is the anonymous supporter. I suggest you both have a coke and a smile and shut the fuck up.

I was going to post this above, but I was laughing at the PT posting so damn hard I just couldn't type. Love ya' Peter!!

Spaw