Dick makes an interesting point. MacColl was a performer and entertainer. He did many of the things some here feel is wrong in a folk club setting, such as false accents that were not his own. He gave a performance because he could. An accomplished actor from his time with theatre workshop.

His style wasn't Jim from Salford singing a Scottish crofting song. He tried to put over how a crofter might have sung it. That is a wee bit different to what we would expect friends to sing in a pub. If you want to live a musical dream, put on a stetson and a drawl and go to a country and western night.

John. Our friend Teribus is good at telling us their opinion but not very good at identifying whether it is based on understanding the issue.... Form will out eh?