Well, to complicate the issue even furthur, I think Charlie Parker was one of the greatest blues players ever lived. I think Jo Stafford was a great interpreter of folk songs. I firmly believe that there is someone sitting in a small town in either Iran or Quebec who may be the greatest folk singer you never heard.

Louis Armstrong was one of the greatest folk musicians to some degree. Maybe one of the greatest blues singers too. I think that the Bush Administration may be one of the greatest purveyors of folklore in the world.

But eveyone knows that the greatest folk singers in the world were the Kingston Trio. Because they said so. (By the way, I kinda' liked 'em).

I think the greatest folksinger might be one who I don't know and never heard of. Come out, come out wherever you are. :)

Frank Hamilton