GSS. If you were addressing my comments about Bob Davenport, it would have been sensible to say so.

I can only repeat that I have always found Davenport an extremely ill mannered individual, who is far too fond of rudely laying the law down and telling other people what they should and should not listen to.

I can think of quite a few examples to back that statement up. Here's just one of them. A few years ago Bob Davenport sang an Irish song called Patsy McCann. When he finished, and apropos of absolutely nothing, he launched into a tirade against Ewan MacColl. (NB., I don't want to re-open the MacColl/Davenport debate, but attacking MacColl is a favorite pastime of Davenport's, as many Mudcatters will know.)

The conversation went roughly like this.

BD. "In 1957 Ewan MacColl told Joe Heaney that a man with his reputation shouldn't go singing music hall songs like that."

Me. "In 1964, Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger recorded Heaney singing that very song."

BD. "Eh? What? How do you know?"

Me. "They recorded Joe Heaney singing Patsy McCann as part of that big long interview they did with him in 1964."

BD. "What interview?"

Me. (patiently). "In 1964 Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger conducted an interview of about five hours duration with Joe Heaney, during which he sang Patsy McCann."

BD. (aggressively). "I don't know who you are or where you're from!"

At this point several people intervened and restored some sort of equilibrium, before the matter got out of hand completely.

Personally I find it impossible to distinguish between Davenport's opinions and the way he expresses them.