I learned my first songs from the 78's my mother played. The artists were mostly 'hillbilly' as they were called then: The Carter Family, Jimmie Rodgers, et al. And, of course, the Oklahoma Yodelling Cowboy, Gene Autrey. But I didn't start playing them on the guitar until I was eleven or so and by that time Jimmie Dean, Don Reno and Red Smiley, and others were on our local TV Channel 5 in Washington DC and I'd bought 45's of Johnny Cash singing Hey Porter and lots of others. By age 15 or so, I had early compilation LPs of Merle Travis. For the sake of brevity, I have never owned a Folk Revival Album. But I do have recordings of songs and artists, like the Skillet Lickers, that the Folk Revival brought to light, without which light they would still be unavailable and I'm grateful for that. I just can't find the sand and grit in the 'pop' recordings of folk music. For them that like it, it's the very thing. My 'folk music' needs a little dirt under it's fingernails. When John Hartford sang "You are my Sunshine" in "Down from the Mountain", his innate sincerity and empathy restored the grit and simple pathos to a song that was entirely threadbare. Do you take my meaning? cheers, chance