Jim -
We still have the rather sad example of Jeannie Robertson with guitar accompaniment.... I'm sure Robin Hall meant well, but oh dear...!!!!

Those accompaniments were dubbed in afterwards without Jeannie's consent or knowledge or so I was told my Isabel Sutherland. No wonder the guitar playing sounds so stiff and awkward. Years afterwards I was able to ask Robin about the Jeannie accompaniments. The normally affable face went stony and expressionless. "I'm not talking about those to you or anyone!" he said. Try and find a copy of the Jeannie/Robin EP and look at the credits under the song titles. They say (Trad. arr. Kennedy) What a surprise!

Another story that Isabel told me was of the day that Peter Kennedy arranged to record her for a proposed LP. She arrived at the studio and there was Steve Benbow sitting holding his guitar.
"Hello, Steve. What are you doing here?"
"Hasn't Peter told you? I'm to accompany you on your songs."
"No, you're bloody not!" says Isabel as she stomped out of the studio.
The album was never recorded.