Boy! Poor old Emmy Lou -- I thought I was the only one who had a problem understanding her! She did a concert for us about five years ago and I thought our sound system had gone to hell when I heard her; lovely soaring voice but "what did she say?"

On the other hand Charlie Poole -the old time banjoist & singer -- is supposed by some to have mumbled the words on his recordings of the late 1920's so that other artists wouldn't steal his repertoire. Seems like cutting off the nose to spite the face, but the recording era was young then and who knows what the smart money thought !?!