jim Carroll. complains about fifties pops songs being supposedly sung in folk clubs, what he is forgetting is that some fifties pop songs were folk songs, examples... Tom dooley, freight train,"Rock Island Line" / "John Henry". WORRIED MAN BLUES.
ALL OF THE ABOVE ARE SONGS THAT ARE AMERICAN FOLK SONGS THAT BECAME FIFTIES POPSONGS. I expect the silence will be deafening from jim carroll, just as it was from howard jones when questioned about paddy butcher who is a fine singer of traditional songs.