the controversy isn't tired. it rages precisely because Tim toured this country (England) extensively and his work was revered by other powerful presences on the scene - Derek Brimstone, Ralph McTell, Roger Brooks.

His influence even second hand on writers like myself was profound. the magnitude of his achievement was what made many of us question the rolling tide of unquestioning traddy conformity and wonder if there wasn't some way writing folksongs that didn't involve jigs, reels and finger in the ear stuff - all of which were all emptying the folk clubs.