I Believe old American folk music represents Freedom. These days electric guitar, bass, and drums plus probable 2nd guitar, and optional keyboard are such a boring norm. Back then they were unencumbered by standardization- Blues musicians played Banjo and Fiddles. Washboards and jugs escaped their household duties to play on Beale street. Diffrent styles rose up regionally and in some instances strange odd wierd music unlike anything heard before or since crawled forth from some isolated hill country were the residents were not indoctrinated into the "norm". Stack o lee unfetered by copy right laws met various fates for his crimes, chain gang members sang sympathetically of him as a heroic figure, while others saw him hung for his deeds. Rocky Racoon has no such history he tries to shoot Dan and gets shot everytime and we are always left to believe he will be Ok ,"good" Rocky never passes away in his room for his possessive voilent stalker routine. Purists are wrong, Let freedom ring. Freedom is the tradition.

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