I would like to add something to a sentiment that has been elluded to in several postings- LIVING TRADITION. A song does not have to be old to be traditional , nor does it have to be exactly as it was 80 or 100 years ago. I do not agree with the idea of preservation in the museum when it comes to my music. The artists of the early recording era, where most of us found our tradition(s), Were doing their own thing. It is not being true to our respective traditions to abandon the pursuit of our own thing and play mere replicas of "the old" ,eternally waking the music. I believe this is why "folk" music only experiences a "revival" every thirty years or so ( here in the states anyway) rather than being "alive and thriving". Too much reverance, not enough Well informed, traditional, Yet adventerous CRAFTSMEN.