Did I start this with my post to the other thread?? I'm just wondering. Whatever. ---- Jerry R. has taken note in the past that whenever I made up tapes of my favorites it was almost always a singer with their instrument or an unaccompanied song / ballad. That just reflects my true penchant for preferring the music of those who did what I was doing with my music. And also I loved the looseness of being able to do a song somewhat differently every time I did it. If I was slow recalling a lyric, or if I just wanted to take an extra breath, or decide not to sing a verse that night, I could, and often would, do just that. I enjoy hearing fiddle tunes and tight bands---I truly do. Just not an entire night of them where they dominate the party after the concert. Many is the time we picker/singers wound up in the room upstairs with all the coats piled on the bed just to share a few songs if the din from downstairs didn't make our doing that impossible.

Art Thieme