Just like to say that I have been involved in UK folk music since about 1969 and I recognise nothing in Shimrod's description of what happened. MacColl was there somewhere in the background but not a major figure and the "fluff" was something I never encountered.

For Raptor, it might help put things in context if you knew that MacColl was Pete Seeger's brother in law and a close friend of Alan Lomax. If you don't know who either of them were, contact your doctor.