All that comes to mind at the moment is Hazel Dickens
people once said her voice could curl milk (and probably right)
but I would hate to think of where we would be without her .. she is a treasure in the songs she has kept alive and songs she has written.

I am glad noone ever told her that when she was young or we would not have her .. That is the problem, there are people who cannot carry a tune but inside them may very well be hiding magic. That doesn't mean they should be booked as a feature act .. but an open mike .. let me try .. I think anyway ..

I was going through youtube. There are some people there that I think have no idea they are that far off key .. but looking past it at the song they wrote .. you can see it has real substance ..

not everyone will be a Lightfoot, but you never know what nugget is hiding under that rough stone