Yep Allan you certainly are right!

I think it has somehting to do with where the music is coming from. The popular country stars certainly are svelt. They are entertainers. When I see them though I don't get the feeling that their music or their appearance is coming from within. They may not wear rhinestones and wigs anymore, but they are sitll putting on a personae.

Contrast this with folkies! Often, an inner glow, conviction, connection with the muse, or something seems to surround them (men or women). This makes them beautiful beyond compare!

For evidence of this just look at the pictures from the getaway by Bill D: Lisa Null caught in bliss between two harps; A profile of Jeri in soft light; Judy Cook singing; Dani concentrating; PJ at one with the Bodrhan; The permanent smile on the Pattons faces; Vixen and Reynard singing; Jen with guitar; the list goes on and on.

What beauty! It encourages! It inspires!

(It makes me wonder what an ugly old f**t like me is doing there) :-)

JAB