"Not my cuppa tea. Far too pleased with himself and disappointed at the rest of the world."
I was totally sold on his singing, but that's me.
My memories of him were of a top-rank professional singer who devoted ten years worth of one night a week working with unknown singers while all the other superstars got on with their careers.
It's enough for me that those 'career folkies' who spent more time knocking MacColl than they did sharing their talents and ideas are still doing so 20 years after his death - he must have been doing something right!
Jim Carroll