"I don't think that anything you say prevents us from taking a look at the whole scene and trying to put right some of the other things that have gone wrong with folksong - do you?"
That was exactly my whole point, Jim Carroll said he was more concerned about Field singers,I replied by saying that EVERYBODY, not just field singers should be treated with respect, I then received abuse from somebody who I have never met called JERI.
And the usual attempts by Jim,to talk rubbish
Jeri, whoever you are, you merely illustrated that you have not got a clue.
IF BULMERS RELATIVES ARE GENUINELY CONTRIBUTING TO THIS THREAD, THE BEST THING THEY CAN DO IS START TO TREAT FOLK ARTISTS[BOTH TRADUIONAL SINGERS AND REVIVALISTS IN A WAY THAT DAVE DID NOT.