I can recollect talking to several black people - jazz fans actually - who were uncomfortable with that early blues music. It was at a jazz concert in Camden town hall, and I was telling of my enthusiasm for Big Bill Broonzy.

I thnk it something we're only just coming to recognise about English folk music. Sexist language, sexual bragging, glorification of drunkeness, violence to womwen, etc....

You can still hear various characters bleating on about political correctness being bad on mudcat = and god knows some of my songs have been the target of the pc brigade.

I can remember though the sleeve notes of the old Blues Project album, there was an article from The Little Sandy review saying that black people nowadays had discarded this music and were looking forward to a 'Baldwinian future'- whatever James Baldwin promised for the future I can't remember.

Important to bear in mind that that article was nearly fifty years ago now. Times move on and perspectives change.