"...ain't never heard a horse sing..."

This week I attended a seminar on music education. An esteemed academic had a big quotation on his PowerPoint presentation from the early 90s, I think, stating "All music is folk music." He went on to say, "We are beginning to see the potential in American popular music for teaching kids." (italics mine.)

Beginning to see the potential? I almost fell off my chair. Clearly this man is not a guitar player.

Also, Louis Armstrong said it long ago.