Tell 'em Clinton! I play acoustic guitar, classical guitar, harmonica, recorder, and Highland Pipe chanter. And I play rock & roll on them. I make music BY MYSELF and I AM a regular person. And it's sure as hell not folk.

Turlough O'Carolan was listening to the popular music of HIS time, Baroque Italian music, comissioned by rich nobility and royalty. His music reflects that. He played his own combination of what he knew and what influenced him, on his harp. I don't see anyone forgetting O'Carolan's music over something else from the 17th century...