[happygrl]

Really only one true great left now from the old days who still has that legacy thing.....Ralph Stanley.

Amen to that.

Bill Monroe's gone, and now Johnny Cash.

They were (are) all the genuine article.

The world they represented is now, sadly, replaced by ersatz and gloss. They sang and lived both Saturday Night and Sunday Morning.

[Fishrrman]

RE the posting:
Really only one true great left now from the old days who still has that legacy thing.....Ralph Stanley.

And happygirl's reply:
Bill Monroe's gone, and now Johnny Cash.
They were (are) all the genuine article.
The world they represented is now, sadly, replaced by ersatz and gloss. They sang and lived both Saturday Night and Sunday Morning

There's one other true American original you haven't mentioned, who's still alive and still performing:
Doc Watson.

If anyone here has the opportunity to see him, do so before it's too late. Although Doc never achieved the level of popularity as did performers like Johnny Cash, he can stand side-by-side with them with no loss of musical stature, and they would regard the Doc as their equal....

Cheers!
- John