I'm for releasing folk from the addendum because it attracts too many for whom the sixth toe has become the whole point. People who shout 'what are your sources' or for all I know 'Judas!'

The way into folk music will be always the sound, digging the groove. If people want to bring their own hang-ups or go on a musical treasure hunt it's their prerogative but their opinions will always be after the fact.
On SOP's modelling analogy a new ready to run, weathered and detailed by the owner, serves equally as well as scratchbuilding, though scratch is fine so long as the builder doesn't bang on about it as the whole point. Arriving fully formed from it's originator doesn't mean we can't make our own mark, but it would be silly to say the postman who brought the package was part of the process.