My dear friends,

In the past several weeks, I have noted that more and more threads in this discussion group have severely drifted off the course of folk music. To me, this is sad. There are most likely hundreds if not thousands of discussion groups on the internet that deal with politics and current events. I would never attempt to play down recent events, nor am I saying that folk music does not often involve politics and events, but quite honestly, the discussions here are so off topic that I am forcing myself to log ON to Mudcat these days. Therefore, I will bid farewell to this group for a while and come back some time when the threads get closer to the music and the hatred, anger, and just unkind expressions on many of the threads become a thing of the past.

My very best regards to you all,

Bob Pegritz