Certainly a good suggestion, Kaleea. I think, though, that Jim's concern at the outset of this thread was not that present-day old-time musicians (how's that for an oxymoron?) don't know enough tunes, but that they play only tunes, no songs. It's a question of style and attitude more than repertoire. You can certainly broaden the definition of "old-time music" and pick up thousands of new songs and tunes. But I believe Jim's point was that by focusing exclusively on fiddle tunes, the current fashion in playing leaves out much of what the "founding fathers and mothers" of the genre actually played.

On general principle, though, I agree with you: there's a whole lot of great music out there to be learned!

Aloha,
Mark