Funny thing, Elmer, but there are a lot of folkies (or at least there were in the 60's) who discourage harmony singing. For a variety of reasons, none of which I really know. The folk scene (at least in Greenwich Village) was pretty much a solo thing, with some notable exceptions. I tended to be in that mode, myself as I did mostly traditional music with very few choruses. When I moved away from the Village scene, I started writing a lot of songs with choruses... most of my songs have choruses, and realized what a kick it is to hear people singing along. I was never into the Follow The Bouncing Ball approach to singing (although I remember cartoons that encouraged just that, when I was a kid.)

I've seen just the opposite environemtn in folk festivals and folk song societies, where singing along on choruses is encouraged. Some time, I'll pass along my observations on folkies singing along on black gospel... a humourous difference in approach.

Interesting subject, anyway.

Jerry