As for me, a guy who's been lurking in these parts and feeling mostly like a Folk Dilletante what with my prediliction for music like Merle Haggard, Son Volt, the Byrds, and Ryan Adams, I am basking in the glow of being lumped in with those in this thread being referred to as "folk purists"!!!
Ah...all things come to those who wait. Now, where's my sackbut?