this reminds me of a (science) professor at my undergrad college who played classical guitar on the side. He constantly derided all us folkies who contributed to the bastardization of the music. Yeah, he was a dry old stick. He happened to be married to my very favorite English prof who had us over a lot, so I got to listen to this speech much more than I wanted to.

I compare and contrast that to Davie Rea's lecture workshop called "The music don't mind." In it he describes how Slave banjo players in their involuntary new country adapted their technique to this guitar thing, and blues/folk guitar was born. I love that speech, have heard it several times, and, goddess willin' will hear it several more.