Jim Carroll

Thanks for the response.

You giveth and you taketh away.

As important as you think it is, I cannot recognize your distinction until I understand it.

That a person has "grown up and learned ... music in an environment where tradition(al) music was a vital part of the expression and identity of that community" is not sufficient to be properly deemed a traditional musician.
What else is necessary?
Please clarify "Not part of (the) tradition".

Russ (Permanent GUEST and "traditional" musician)