My issue with anything like this is the simple thing: why do people think it's ok to modify someone else's piece of art without their permission? I really don't get that - to me, sampleing is a bit different, in that it sort of takes a musical "quote" and uses it in another way, but most of what I've heard doesn't change the sample.

Changing the song - adjusting timing, editing out certain performances and adding others - all that stuff just seems kind of unfair to a person who, just because their dead, has no say how other treat it.

I don't know - my attitude always is that if you want a song to sound a particular way, do it yourself. I took exception to Joan Baez' version of Eric Bogle's "The Band Played Waltzing Matilda" because she dropped parts of a couple verses which ended up changing the meaning of the song - if she wanted to share that meaning with her fans - why not write her own song?

That being said, I would assume that if Rounder is involved, they'll give credit where credit is due, etc.

pax yall