Dick and John-

Singing old songs and adapting them to new situations will continue. It's the collectors who have to regroup and figure out what it is that needs to be collected. I hope they are up to the challenge.

It may be true that contemporary song has a shorter half-life than the traditional ballad of yore. All the more reason to "net" it within the environment that provoked it.

Cheerily,
Charley Noble