Hello Joe,

I'm a bit of a purist in that respect, too. This is a "wide field", to quote Theodor Fontane ("Effi Briest").

What I was getting at is, that according to Wikipedia, Lee Hays was very courageous with respect to standing up for what was right, at risk to life and limb and at a time when that didn't go without saying (when has it ever?). As much as I care about music and scholarship, I think that's definitely more important.

Musically, I've kind of gone off the Weavers. I never need to hear "Michael Row Your Boat" or "On Top of Old Smokey" again. But time marches on and nothing can take away from what they once accomplished and meant to a lot of people and maybe still does.

Laurence Finston