"if I hadn't packed in drinking on the weekends..."
Sorry for yout trouble - as they say over here.
"music press promo articles from that period over 40 years ago did try to establish him with some kind of retro 'folkie' persona credibility."
One of the reasons why the press descriptions of 'folk' should be take with a large dose of salt.
I'd forgotten about G, O'S. ad clicking onto him then brought back memories of Darin at his best - I always quite fond of his singing.
Jim Carroll