Although I never saw Jasper Carrot when he was doing the folk clubs all the other so called folk comedians were capable of and did sing serious songs very well, including Mike Harding and Tony Capstick.
Mike has written some very good songs.
I think the thing that killed the folk clubs was the vain effort to attract younger people in by booking ' pop ' type singers, that and introverted singer songwriters with their heads stuck up their own arses being self indulgent.
eric