And lest we forget, this is the man who wrote Hurdygurdy Man. That alone should stand him in good stead for icon status.

When I was a kid, the one "folk" album in my parents' house was a budget Donovan album called "Universal Soldier". I loved it. Of course, at the time I didn't know it was "folk"... I only found that out later. Then I started posting at Mudcat and found out it wasn't...

It's enough to turn you mellow yellow.