It is not surprising that a great proportion of confirmed folkies are from the generation that was in high school and college during the Great Folk Scare (defined as the period beginning with the release of the Kingston Trio's first album, and ending with Bob Dylan's appearance on stage at the '65 Newport festival with a Fender electric guitar). Everyone fixates for life to some extent on the things they were into at that point in life. I, personally had some success in brainwashing my children, however. We do some songs of my daughter's authorship, and they're well received, and my son helps out on bass and/or lead guitar whenever he's around.

Besides, think of the people just a little younger, who were in high school and college during the peak years of Disco. F***ed up for their whole lives! We were lucky....

Peter.