Young Buchan, I cannot and will not understand the sort of intellectual arrogance that stands inside another man's soul and tells him how he should express himself artistically. Shame on you.

Sometimes artists do take the 'wrong' path. One thinks of Django Rheinhardts move to electric guitars. But this is lofty sounding nonsense. Perhaps if you had done gigs in noisy nightclubs with even a modern electro-acoustic guitar, you could understand where Django was standing.

Maybe Jim learned something on that ferry boat, playing for holidaymakers about the true nature of of 'folk' music that has eluded you thus far.