An interesting exercise, if totally pointless. I recall George C. Scott refusing the Oscar for "Patton," and saying that first, he thought if anyone was going to win it that year, it should have been Melvin Douglas for "I Never Sang for My Father," and second, the whole idea of a "best actor" is idiotic. There is a level at which an actor has achieved excellence, each actor is unique, each performance is unique, and there is no "best."

The number of folk singers (born to the tradition) and singers of folk songs (those who came to it later) who have achieved this kind of excellence, by however you want to measure it (by the way, how do you measure it?), would take several mountain ranges and it would still leave a bunch of people out. Besides, both the Park Service and the environmentalists would probably squawk very loudly.

I cast my vote with pattyClink, above, at 09-Apr-02 - 05:49 PM.

Don Firth