but by the late 1980s I was fine tuning my tastes away from rock and toward roots music. I've since taken a few divergences, but mostly my tastes are firmly rooted in my love of traditional music of all kinds.

>Being a musician I see the genius in them all day...

And being a musician I acknowledge their innovation and influence, but prefer not to listen to it.

>and then to know they risked it all for truth and
>righteousness just made me love them more.

Yes, but by many accounts their version of truth and righteousness also included misogyny, drug abuse, and a cult-like environmnet, all of which contribute to the diminishment of their overall ideals in my eye.


>All I'm saying is... I also understand the element that
>produced it cause I was there.

You were in Trans-Love Enterprises? If not, I have no clue what you mean.