Anybody ever heard the legendary Ewan McColl recording of "John Henry" from the skiffle era? If you're not au fait with the details of political squabbles on the English folk scene inthose days, the reason why it was so funny wasthat in later years Ewan was adamant and quite ruthless in imposing on younger singers his theory that you should only sing songs from your Own Culture ( he had a few problems in deciding what his own culture was, part of the whole Jimmy Miller/Ewan McColl bit). But it is fairly clear that his own life history did not include being a steel-drivin' man at the Big Bend tunnel on the C&O road. Just having a little laugh, by the way: he was a genius and his "Radio Ballads" completely changed my life.