Just to pick up on something mentioned a few times above.

This thread is about 'first-hand anecdotes'. My personal experience of Ewan WAS that he was aloof and distant... that's not an attack on the guy at all - it's simply an observation.

He was already a giant in my folk world but probably saw exactly what I was - a brash kid with an attitude (I'm not a kid anymore but the rest fits).

I don't dislike him, I never did. But my personal one on one observation was just that. He spoke but was laconic and Peggy took over.

I think important enough to clarify.