GS is one of the least threatening, and least predatory people you could ever meet - if you met him - you would know this immediately. I cannot imagine how this misunderstanding has taken place, but I can imagine that your characterising him in such a way will cause him distress.

Whatever you and I and Jim Carrol think. (I'm picking the three most opinionated Britgits I can think of!) there really isn't a gold standard as far as folk music is concerned. We can think our own thoughts, but to express hostility and agresssion to others about those opinions - well it makes us look stupid. Its an inflation of our own self importance in the context of world affairs.

It relly is self demeaning - losing it (to the extent of abuse and unfriendliness), over minute gradations in our beliefs about what is folk music.