I'd have to take issue with CRANKEE's statement that there's "no such thing as a wrong version of a folksong".

Technically he's right. We can't agree on "what" is a folksong, therefore it would be a bit dumb to even venture further by disecting "how" that "folksong" is performed.

However, haven't you heard someone simply "murder" a song?

I'm told that back in the early sixties, that's EXACTLY the way some traditionalists reacted to Bob Dylan's treatment of traditional material.

A more adventuresome person than myself might well enjoy Barbry Ellen played by a grunge band, but I think I'll reserve the right to say "that version stinks"! If I'm being a fogey, so be it.

I was under the impression that the people at Mystic HAD to be knowledgable to work there.

Richard L