'Jim Carroll, however seems to regard older musicians utterances as if they were unquestioned gospel. Dick Miles.'
Cap'n,
Please don't make this another slanging match.
We have gone to singers and musicians for information; whatever we have been given we have put against what we already know or think we know. I am passing on what we have been told by singers and musicians and what we believe to be true.
I would be more than happy to add anything you might have to contribute to the subject.
We have had numerous examples of your opinion on traditional singers in the past, all of which we have viewed, considered and placed in the appropriate receptacle.
Jim Carroll, we, here refers to the royal we,Jim, meaning you.
well I am   sorry I disagree with you,just because some musician has said in the past that cash is the ruination of the music,Iam not prepared to accept that as gospel,
O Carolan is the first example that springs to my mind,how did patronage ruin his music,on the contrary,without patronage,we would not have his beautiful compositions.Dick Miles