I thought this thread might generate some interest. Very good advice from everyone ... thank you all. I may or may not attempt the ballad, I dunno' yet. I usually write ballads in the middle of the night when they just leap out of me.

Those folks down in Skidmore taught me a valuable lesson in the summer of 1955. I was 18 and thought I knew EVERYTHING. I was invited to sing some songs at a Saturday night Grange Hall dance. I made the mistake of singing the popular version of Jesse James. The entire audience turned their backs on me and shunned me.

I remember it clearly. bob