Gee, thanks, Reynolds, for 'enlightening' me. A rather lawyerly way of reading things and stating things you have, but I'll not question your credentials or your opinions, they are your opinions.

Mine are as stated, though I'll eschew hyperbole in future.

All of the songs you mention I address as being, IN MY OPINION, pseudo-traditional, in that they are from the 'O Brother' soundtrack, when original recordings of the songs could have been used by the Coen Bros. but were not. Or are by Dolly, whom I enjoy, but who, no matter how deep her roots show, is still a country singer, and can't hold a candle to the earlier traditional singers and interpreters of folksong. The only one I missed, because it's a long list and my point was quickly stated, not because I don't know the music (no claim ever that I know everything about Folk Music) was the 'Boy Who Wouldn't Hoe Corn', largely because I am not a great fan of Allison Krause and I overlooked it. That's one oversight. I'll Fly Away and Amazing Grace, and even Down in the Valley to Pray are, actually, if you care to know the truth, Hymns, not folk songs. Big Rock Candy Mountain & Turn Your Radio On are great songs, but not folk songs to many, depends on your definition, which has been hashed over to death in the Mudcat threads.

My statements about folk radio were specifically about the station I broadcast on, not all folk programs in the universe, though my statement about 'push box' programming is echoed and explained a bit by Ron. You don't know if I am full of myself or not, having never met me or talked to me, just having MISREAD my words. Some might question your knowledge or ignorance by making such a remark.

finally, feel free to ignore any and all of my future postings, if there are any, as being the rantings of an ingnorant person, but this and other forums like it are for all to post to as they will, mistakes, omissions, wild exagerations, innocent error, egregious overstatements and all, but personal attacks are to me the sign of a weak mind and a weaker argument. I've had my share of attacks against me here, and Mudcat feels less like a place I need to be every time. Have fun talking to yourself.