There's an old saw about how if you like sausage and respevt the law, you should avoid seiing how they're made. The same thing is too often true of folk music collectors.

In the case of the Lomaxes, I can only say "So what?" Both are dead; both left behind a magnificent body of work that enriches us all. It's not necessary to admire (or belittle) either of them on the basis of personality.