Oh lordy lord!
I only look into Mudcat every month or two, so just reading most of the above now. I am with Jim Maclean this.
One of my few claims to fame is that I was named Ewan before Jimmmy was. That the name is now very popular is surely down to him - one small indication of the nature of his influence. Ewan MacColl did more wonderful things than most of the people I know of, and a few less than wonderful things. Would we could all say as much.
I would say more but I won't be back soon - partly for probably unfounded fear of what is said to / about me and what I've just said that I would feel I have to get into dispute about, and life is too short to flame at people when it's not essential.
I found reading this thread very interesting, for a variety of reasons.
Ewan McVicar