Alex Campbell was a friend who stayed occasionally at my house after gigs. He would not have done so had I not 'liked' him. He was however frequently unprofessional. As far as I am aware, he invented the phrase in question. He certainly used it enough.

I was referring to its probable (almost certain) origin which you supposed was English. I would very much prefer it not to be adopted at all. My view is that only excellence is good enough for trad music.

[Getting bored with answering such gratuitous rubbish point by point, so in conclusion . . . ]

. . . my 'objective' was to reappraise what was said in Folk News 30 years ago (about an agent) and assess how much (if at all) professionalism in several senses was being achieved. It isn't, as long as the wilfully ignorant continue to confuse 'amateur' with 'amateurism'. If and when anyone can do this, I imagine they'd be welcome to register and post at fR as long as they stay on topic and sane.