I think fiddles and flutes and accordions sound better with a rhythm guitar. To do it imaginatively - yet sound natural - isn't a skill you pick up in ten minutes. Theres too much facetious rhythm playing these days - driving the song or tune, instead of accompanying it.

That's the job of the guitarist - if he wants to play tunes with bloody silly titles like The Vicar Underpants - get a fiddle and compete with the other egomaniacs.