Jim,

Would it not be more accurate to have said 'quite often accompaniment can do more harm than good to a song' ?

I have followed and damn near worshipped |Martin Carthy since 1966, yet, when i listened last evening to the later recording of 'Broomfield Hill', I found myself wincing at the guitar accompaniment, which to my ears was meeting itself coming back.

Yet I can remember a spine-tingling moment (although this might be an age thing, or arthritis) when I first heard Martin play it in session, at MSG, all those years ago.