The Kingston Trio, the Highwaymen, the Pinetoppers, all the other wannabe groups were a long way from real folk music, and maybe they deserved to die off; but, as far as I'm concerned, I'd rather listen to any of them than the crap that replaced them in popularity. My idols, Buryl Ives and Pete Seeger were never on the top of the popularity heap to begin with, so, they were not really replaced.