I, being at the young age of 19, have just started really getting into folk music... the hardest part for young people I think is that you just don't hear the music enough... My exposure to folk music mostly has been from Jerry Garcia, Bob Dylan, and the Allman Brothers Band... I have always loved the blues and now have found more and more folk songs creeping into my repetoire, and many of my friends hear it and say "that's really cool..." The point is that there are a lot of young kids who like the music, but there isn't enough out in the society to hear... So if the elders keep playing, eventually the people like me will hear, and then we can learn too. The thing is that you have to work to find the music and LOOK for it, if you want it nowadays... I think that it will catch on again and become more popular as kids start to hear some of these old songs... This summer two other kids and I are planning on going into the studio to record some of these songs... I've been eager to hear/play with some other people who know the music better than I do... so if any mudcats are near Columbus OH or are coming through... let me know... or I live in Northern Illinois for the summer (Thats actually where I'm from...) Keep on singing because we're listening...

Rob