 For years, Mike would travel around just like this, talking to more and more people, amassing his own archive of tapes stored in boxes in his basement. He posts about his adventures, what he's learning about the music and the people on his website. He's put out two CDs. But the sad thing Mike's learned is, even though you can find these old recordings and you can meet folks who remember their parents or grandparents playing at home, virtually no one is really playing these songs anymore.