I understand the feeling that we should apologize for what we like when it doesn't jibe with the consensus oof the group. However there is quite a difference between feeling like we should apologize and the actual need to apologize. I am like Mbo. I will never apologize for the music I like. It may not (hell, it probably isn't,) be the same music most others don't like but that is what makes us unique.

So, if you like Joan Baez stand up and shout it! If Arlo, Pete, Hedy, or even Oasis is your thing by all means, let the world know it. You may not get a consensus of agreement but who cares?

I like Arlo but can only take Pete in small doses, though the two of them together were great. My tape and CD cases have The Morgans, Artisan, Cindy Kallett, Gordon Bok in his various incarnations, Silly Wizard, Boarding Party, Castlebay, Stan Rogers, Sally Rogers, Tanglefoot, Great Big Sea, The Rankins, Tannahill Weavers, Steeleye Span, Fairport Convention, The Clancy Brothers, Irish Rovers, John Denver, etc. I could go on and on. I only recently discovered Hedy through a yard sale purchase. Joan is one of my favorites but then I also like most of the stuff by the Moody Blues, Emerson Lake and Palmer, Crosby Stills Nash & Young.

Brett (defiantlynotapologizingforwhathelikes)