Alright you don't like Derek Brimstone.( named as an influence by Connolly, Carrot, Harding himself - all those people who went on to change the entire face of Brisih comedy - transforming from gags and catchphrases to raconteurship) Cosmotheka, Mr Gladstone's Bag, Alex Campbell, Brownsville Banned, magic Lantern.....

whether they fit your dumb little theories about the nature of folk music....these were people who had a massive influence on the way folk music is practised in the folk clubs of England and BBC TV was absolutely bloody nowhere.

Same as it is nowadays.

No change.