Hi, Amos:

Of course you're right... I bought Take Five when it came out... probably in the sixties. Getting a little overzealous.

I notice, not surprisingly that even though we are folkies, most of our lists are rife with rock and roll and popular music. I think that Rock Island Line was the only folk song I included, although Muleskinner Blues is close. Another folk song that was a complete revelation to me was Skokiann by the Bullawayo Sweet Rhythm Band. I wonder if anyone else remembers it... it was issued on the London label (you sophisticated Brits) and the Four Lads desecrated it with a cutesie-pootsie version of it. I spent most of my life looking for a re-issue of the song (even though my 45 rpm still sounds pretty good.) I finally found it on a two CD African Jazz set. The rest of the music in the set is recent African Jazz. I love the first CD so much, and have played it so often that I haven't even listened to the second CD yet, and I've had the set for well over a year..

Jerry