I think that's partly the point, Azizi. I'm glad you're here : )

I'm super-glad these guys are playing and talking about the instrument, and especially the traditional music. Alvin Youngblood Hart is one of my favorite musicians/singers.

There is at least one huge generation of white musicians in the South who have been playing, enjoying, preserving this great swath of music. Some of us have looked around for years and wondered where the heck the black musicians were. The Carolina Chocolate Drops, as one example, were right on time, and are probably young enough that they can look on this freshly, with forward motion.

I this whole banjo thing adds an interesting dimension to our recent conversations as a country (and as mudcatters), race-wise.

Fortunately, music is also the greatest and most pleasurable playing field (pun intended) we've got going for us, so that therefore the conversation can be civil, respectful, and even loving.

Dani (a.k.a. pollyanna : )