What other musical genre would inspire similar sentiments I wonder?

Pretty much every one I would imagine, CS - which is why we have such a tradition of tribute bands and recorded concerts by dead stars. Wonder if this will ever catch on in the Folk World? Still, a lot of singarounds are like Stars in their Eyes - tonight, Matthew, I'm going to be - Shirley Collins!

Otherwise, I know who my favourite folk singers are these days; I know them personally and I make the most of them whenever I can. In terms of Folk Celebrity there's only JIM ELDON who I haven't seen now for too long a while. Thank Christ for You Tube, eh?

I saw Nic Jones around the time of Penguin Eggs and was bored shitless; never saw Hatfield and the North but I did see The National Health on 2 occasions. There are two amazing CDs from the Hatfield archives currently riding high on my personal playlists - check 'em HERE. Once again, thank Christ for YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGjRhhggSFo