I agree with Amos--there are plenty of threads like this already. As a long-term Mudcatter, I find it's interesting to revisit old friends, but a newcomer to an established site should practice good netiqette and lurk for a while and figure some of these things out on their own before asking the membership to stop what they're doing and tell her if they're "anybody she should know." If you read along for a while, you'll figure out where deference is shown.

SRS (not a singer, not a performer, but a scholar, and the child of a deceased singer-folklorist well-known in his home area)