The closest person I've met to a folk genius, and not for the perfect recall as described above, was Ken Brown. He has the theory and improvisational skills to play along and know what he's doing. When he produced a couple of our recordings, he could tell you that measure 23 needed to sound better, and that we should go back and do it again. I've seen a lot of poseurs act like they knew what was happening, but not seen a lot of follow through. I've heard more than one person complain that their "artistic vision" was being compromised. I never really saw any real artisitic vision, just a lot of talk.