Peace... "It's a brilliant distinction you made, Sandy."

Indeed!

As for the 1957/67 hypothesis, Peter T, I can get with that. Especially when one considers the "incursion" of C&W on our radios in the 70's and 80's.

I would also suggest you consider that the Canuck R&R and Rock bands during the same decades (and subsequently) did much to pull young people away from the folk you speak of, making it less viable and thereby, less playable. I am not "blaming" these musicians. Their amazing talent is to be lauded. In fact, young Canucks were inspired by that talent - The Guess Who immediately comes to mind as one example - and it certainly has served the purpose of generating new musicians, poets, writers.

Fortunately, it's not been a dog/tail thing. It's served to generate, initiate and and substantiate the music industry. As long as the industry is healthy, it gives rise to all genres.

I'll stop with the philosophy.. or, bullshit, if you prefer... and address logic : please explain to me how the Junos can have an award for Group Of The Year based on computer tracking of record sales and have five "nominees" for the category?... WTF?... or did I miss sommat?