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Stu says - "WAV you're not a folkie any more than you're a poet.

You're a wannabee.

That's not necessarily bad.

However, most wannabees seek advancement by study, discussion, research and a knowledge of their own shortcomings.

Your knowledge of folk music is very limited. Your arguments are irrelevant and racially divisive.

Listen and read the people who know about folk music, the world, anthropology, toilets, sharpening knives and all the other wonderful topics covered on this erudite and friendly forum. Listen to their music, read their comments Try to learn

Your posturing does my country a disservice.

I believe that you may be capable of learning.

It starts with humility."...don't you think that a tad condescending, if not discriminatory, to someone who has passed all the practical and academic exams involved in achieving 4 technical certificates (from Advanced Cert. in Manufacturing Technology/HNC to THAT fork lift licence) and a BA in Humanities with distinctions?

However, I too thought that was an interesting read, Don, and I'll lookout for "Songcatcher", which I hadn't heard of. And, yes, I forgot native American flutes (even though they are represented among my myspace Top Friends).