Well, here in the middle of the Pacific, I'd be very happy to be plunking my guitar in the middle of a pack of droning fiddles and banjos. I'd just learned about old-time music a year or two before leaving Seattle for points south and west, so I hadn't been doing it long enough to get bored, and I MISS it!

But, as a singer, I certainly wished there were more opportunities for songs. I can squeal out a few lines of "Fortune" (the key of D makes me sound like my shorts are too tight), but I also wish the folks would take time out for "Winding Stream". Seems like it's the same everywhere, though. And I tend to agree with Art: I think much of this song/tune battle has to do with changes in style and taste...and maybe the position of the outer planets.

Aloha,
Mark