LOL!!!! Marvelous, Megan!

MtheGM - You probably have no idea how much amusement you are unintentionally providing to my friend, Raptor. ;-) Seriously! You ask who he is? Well, he's a man from the Barrie, Ontario area, a musician...but not one with a whole lot of grounding in what could be termed "the folk tradition", although he does like acoustic music along the general lines of what most "folkies" tend to play. Like me, he plays acoustic guitar and sings, and now and then he plays other instruments. I met him about 20 years ago, going to a local open stage, and we've been friends ever since. He's 20 years younger than me. I grew up during the folk revival of the 50s and 60s. He wasn't even born until the late 60s. It's no surprise to me that he wouldn't know anything about Ewan MacColl...I'd not have expected him to know anything about MacColl. I would expect him to know about people like the Beatles, the Stones, Jim Hendrix, Bob Dylan, the Doors, Springsteen, etc...and he does.

I'll tell you how I figure he got into this conversation in the first place. I bet it happened just like this:

1. He was idly cruising around on the Mudcat page, looking for whatever might catch his curiosity.

2. He noticed a large proliferation of threads about someone named "MacColl" or McColl", and thought, "Who the f*ck is this guy? And why are people fighting about him?"

3. He decided it was a good chance to stir up a little rumpus over nothing and started the thread which is titled "Who the hell is MacColl?" for no other reason than that it provided him with some momentary amusement.

4. And it went from there.

Yes, MtheGM, I realize it may be hard for you to imagine that Raptor, a member of this folk & blues forum, could be utterly ignorant of Ewan MacColl...but I assure you, it is not only possible, it's extremely probable...and what is he doing here in posting about MacColl? He's, as you Brits say, "taking the piss". And that is really all there is to it. He's having you on. There is nothing you can possibly say to him which will make him feel contrite about doing so, so save your energy.