Well actually the 'he's not folk' slight has been aimed at many of us, and we have learned to live with the injustice of this vile accusation.

Poor old Jack Hudson has been labelled a 'pseudo yank' by the traddies who have tried to define themselves by rejecting anything that flirts with Americana.

Jack himself told me of a time, he said to Martin Carthy - Do you think Tom Paxton is a folksinger then?
And Martin answered, My God no!

One is put in mind and perhaps in the position of Shylock:-

SHYLOCK:

Signior Antonio, many a time and oft

In the Rialto you have rated me

About my moneys and my usances;

Still have I borne it with a patient shrug,

For suff'rance is the badge of all our tribe;

You call me misbeliever, cut-throat dog,



What can one say - Seth Lakeman! woof woof!
Perhaps your generation is wiser, Liza!
(that's almost a poem)