Perfectly said, L.H. Superb! But as far as traditional music, of course it's NOT dead. It's always being written. Why ... LOOK OUT ... JOKE COMING ... I just write a traditional ballad last week!

But serioulsy, life changing events happen every day, and this is the stuff of ballads. Our values change, grow, diminish, etc. But the lifelongs tales that move us, inspire us, continue. We can't predict what the "traditional ballads" of tommorow will sound like, but trust me ... they will be sung ... and argued about! CHEERS, bob(deckman)nelson