[Norm Lenhart]

Whats sad in a way is that guys like him (that level of musician) have gone so far beyond the general public’s threshold that they limited their audience to the devoted.

Sad in the sense that the genpub simply -can’-t ‘get’ it. Then again some people never get classical. And thats fine. To each their own. Nothing bad or wrong. I just mean that the general music listening public will never, ever, know the joy of be stunned to silence by a performance of a modern pop/country song and stand there slack jawed in awe of the talent involved, because of it.

[mrsmel]

It's a sign of how little devotion to craft, and the work ethic required to achieve virtuosity, matters anymore in this era of instant celebutards. Even if it's not someone’s cup of tea musically, musicians of this caliber deserve respect just for the years of practice it takes to reach their level, and then do something so aesthetically pleasing with it.