Well Gollee!: who ever woulda thunk. And here I thought they just sung. Even though I have a black gospel quartet, many things we sing have a doo wop feel to them... some very intentionally, and some just naturally. We have never uttered a single word about harmonies, thirds, or anything vaguely technical. We Iz totally ignurent in that regard, and completely unanalytical. probably like most of the fifteen year old kids singing on street corners. I bet most of them sang what sounded good to them. I'm with WYSIWYG on this one. When we sing, we draw from all the music that we've loved and made a part of us, whether it's folk, rock, pop, country or blues. Sometimes, we consciously borrow, or build on a fragment of a particular song in a particular style, but often we are just singing from the heart. Ignorance may not be bliss, but sometimes it works just fine..

Jerry