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Ian Fyvie	Ewan MacColl - any first-hand anecdotes? (239* d)	RE: Ewan MacColl - any first-hand anecdotes?	01 Feb 11
I organised a couple of folk concerts at Ruskin College, Oxford in the mid 1970s. We discussed who to book, Ewan and Peggy obviously being a popular choice. Then the grumbles started on the liines of what you may have read in the 2007 posttigs above. As a long standing fan of Ewan's songs I insisted - and we booked both Ewan and Peggy. Ewan was extremely polite and we had a 10 minute chat about politics and folk music. He sang none of his well known song, yes a bit disappointing I admit, but they gave us an excellent performance including up to the minute political compositions. Ian Fyvie PS. I live a few minutes walk from where Ailie Munroe lived when she had Ewan and Peggy along as guests. One of those tragedies - that I didn't get to know Ailie until after Ewan had passed on.

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