This thread is showing the divide of light years between the North American concept of what the revival is, and what it meant in England. It's not just the Atlantic Ocean (and different languages) that keep us apart (indeed John Hardly seems to think that all revivalists are marooned on an island somewhere midway), but a fundamental difference of perception of what roots music is.

Mr Hardly lists a few rock stars and claims these have kept 'the sound' alive. Now, I like the music of Stephen Stills (and Neil Young for that matter) but to say this is to try and include Graham Nash within the ranks of the English revivalists. And he's not. He's a Hollie, for chrissake.

I'll doubtless get battered for telling Murkans what their roots music actually IS. but to me it's local or regional musics: blues, cajun, conjunto, Appalachian, musics of immigrant communities and musics made by current writers if they are rooted in those traditions or address the problem. Not popular songs emanating from Nashville or Austin. Not yet, anyway.