The whole purpose behind a quality singer of folk songs—one with a voice that is at least fairly pleasant to listen to, and who studies the backgrounds of the songs and puts a great deal of thought into how to do them—is to invoke echoes of the legacy of the past.

But, Conrad, I don't think you have the ear, the aesthetic sensibility, or the sensitivity to even recognize that when you hear it.

In addition to your lack of aesthetic sense, you're probably too beered up to recognize it when it's there, loud and clear.

Don Firth