Betsy - Harding, Capstick, Connolly, Carrott and I'll chuck in Fred Wedlock and for good measure, became popular and were able to cross over to a wider audience because they were all comedians - talented comedians at that - and I've always thought they did a disservice to Folk by iniradicably (have I spelt that right?) linking their kind of humor to Folk in the eyes of the general public. It seems to have been very much a phenomenon of the '70's and I am glad its passed. Maybe June Tabor should try to be funnier? :-)