Many folk singers here in The UK get income from acting too. Bernard Wrigley spotting is a folkie equivalent of Eddie Stobart spotting I suppose. Luckily for him, nobody in Equity had that name when he registered.

Brian Dewhurst became Brian Preston. How long before somebody makes mental leaps about Preston sounding better, more Northern gritty etc when it was more to do with the fact you can't live on folk club gigs?

I used to waffle on about Ewan McColl being a bit of a fraud, despite the fact I also refer to him as the 20th century bard. I was honoured to have written an obituary that was published in a number of periodicals. If you see Ewan McColl as a product to be marketed, it is less of a fraud and more of show business. A bit like Tom Jones having knickers thrown at him whilst gyrating his hips, and then going home to his wife and letting the dog out.