But, dear friends Jim & Dick: I don't think the thread name or the OP necessarily require just one named individual; but rather a list of nominations of the sort we have got. I should be loth to try and name just one person, but see nothing wrong with soliciting suggestions as to all those who should be particularly remembered for having contributed to the benefit of Folk. The fact that I drew attention to Bob Copper above doesn't mean that I would wish Ewan or Bert or Bishop Percy or Sir Walter Scott to suffer any neglect or disrespect as a consequence of my having mentioned him. They are all, surely, among those [note the plural] who have "done the most for folk music".

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