FRANK , DON'T YOU THINK ALL FOLK MUSIC IS A WINDOW TO HISTORY. I SHUD THANK MY OLD JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL HISTORY TEACHER FOR TYING IN FOLK MUSIC TO OUR LESSONS. HE TURNED ME ON TO FOLK MUSIC 40+ YEARS AGO WITH SONGS LIKE ERIE CANAL, JOHN HENRY, GOLDNE VANITY ETC BETSY FROM PIKE, STEPHEN FOSTER ETC. JUST LIKE PAXTON"S VIETNAM ERA SONGS NOW CONSIDERED FOLK, IN THE FUTURE THERE WILL BE FOLK SONGS ABOUT BOSNIA,Y2K, OKLAHOMA CITY BOMBING, ETC. FOR EXAMPLE, LISTEN TO KEVIN SO SING ABOUT HIS FAMILY IMITATING TO THIS COUNTRY. HE'S ACTUALLY CHRONICLING THE ASIAN MIGRATION OF THE LAST 20 YRS. THE RIGHT TEACHERS WILL TEACH IT. I FIND MYSELF TEACHING IT TO YOUNGER LISTENERS EVERYTIME I GO TO A FOLK FESTIVAL TO HEAR THE "NEW FOLK" WRITERS WHO NOW SEEM TO LABEL EVERYTHING ACOUSTIC OR ALTERNATIVE. TO THEM, SOME OF MY OLD TRADDIE STUFF IS NEW. (MAKES ME FEEL REALLY OLD). ANYWAY ,STARTING TO BABBLE HERE. POINT IS , I KNOW THAT THERE ARE STILL CREATIVE TEACHERS OUT THERE. ROCK AND--OOPS I MEAN FOLK MUSIC WILL NEVER DIE.