Ever notice how some folksingers can write their own music, and unless you read the liner notes, you would never realize the song isn't at least 150 years old? I'm thinking especially about people like Andy M. Stewart and Phil Cunningham (okay, so Phil writes tunes, not lyrics), formerly of Silly Wizard and now out there on their own. I'm not sure what it takes to do that, but not a lot of songwriters seem to have it.