The impression I get is that many people considered them to be ersatz folkies, rather than the genuine article. For myself, I find that harsh but it arose in part from the fact they performed in theatres and that by all accounts Roy Williamson was a perfectionist in the matter of the whole performance - making sure all the shirts were ironed before the duo went on stage; making every gag word for word the same in each show and so on. This is in contrast to the 'real revival' singers stuck in pub rooms who were more likely to sing or play dressed in whatever they had travelled to the gig wearing.

There are still a few songs I sing that I first heard from the Corries, and am glad to have done so.