I haven't waded through all this. Maybe someday.

Been away in PA doing things like leading a sea songs workshop from the middle of a pond--while swimming---(now that's good exercise). And singing and playing
Songs of the Pioneers, Louvin Brothers , John Prine, and a whole boatload of other music til 4:30 Saturday morning and 5:30 Sunday morning. And leading a Carter Family workshop--which went into detail not just on their music and their lives, but also on the music business at the time.   Huge pressure on them to keep coming up with songs the company (and especially Ralph Peer) could copyright. Sara and Maybelle :   "Mr. Peer made us famous and we made him rich."

Thread creep?   Perish the thought.   Thread gallop.


But amazingly enough at this weekend I actually heard a song-- (should have thought of it before, don't think it's been in the thread yet)-- which sounds like the perfect solution to the main problem raised by this thread: "Let The Mystery Be".

By the way, there's a just wonderful rendition on YouTube of Iris singing her own song.