Well, first of all the important stuff. Yo Bill Hahn. Frive a VW for two hours on a country road on a cool evening, just listening to the unique sound of the VW engine as go go up and down through the gears and you'll understand the fascination. And let's not forget that Dr. Porsche had tried to have the Italians produce the VW before turining to the receptive Germans. And lets also not forget that if it weren't for the English who occupied Wolfsburg after the war, *and* built the posr war bugs that theu might have died right there in Germany.

Now, as for the Lomax. Having lived in Richmond, Va. for a good portion of my life and having just recedntly purchased "The Complete Plantation Recordongs of Muddy Waters" I do have one observation to make. In Richmond there exists a culture of folks who are very paternal, who are condesending and who don't have a clue that they are doing it. No, this doesn't explain the copywrite stuff but does expalain the Lomaxs behavior in dealing with folks, especially black folks. Yes, as Alan Lomax asks Muddy questions on this CD one gets the feeling that he is interrogating the poor man rather than interviewing him. This is the way I felt when I ran into those folks in Richmond. You could hear it in their speech patterns, their accents and the manner in which they carried themselves. But, in the Lomax's defense, it was more cultural than individual.

And, I too, felt uncomfortable posting on the other thread for this reason. Bad behavior is bad behavior, irregarless of the reason...

Bobert