Strange thing Jerry - I've had the same thought.

Just looking at the Mudcat crew I would guess that that theory would hold up pretty well. Simply from the quality of the posts to any thread it is clear that there are a lot of bright people using this site. I've found the same, on the whole, at folk sessions in both the USA and the UK. There seem to be a preponderance of college educated folk in both countries and others who may not have gone to college but would certainly have made it through, given the opportunity. I've also been to Bluegrass sessions and festivals and would agree that the general audience is different.

Maybe it's because there is more history behind a lot of the music and that there is a need, certainly for me, to actually listen to and understand the words of a song, rather than get totally into the rythmn of the tune. Anyway, that's just my opinion, for what it's worth.