To Roger in Baltimore. Hey, Thanks for the welcome! This is the first site where I've gotten answers to my questions! I work for a place that features Bluegrass and old time music on weekends. My boss has just hired a guy who says he is one of the founding members of the NEW chrisite Minstrels and HE WROTE THE SONG "TOM DOOLEY"! Well, I thought I was faminliar with both (Christie Minstrel and the song Tom dooley ) until confronted with THIS. I have been blundering around the internet for at least two weeks until I hit upon this site. Great! I'm getting some answers! I like this!