Precisely .. that's my point Jim.. "Over 40 years ago"

.. and the acoustic only establishment are still continuing to indoctrinate young minds in their luddite prejudices..

I actually mostly agree with your position, my interests lie in 'trad folk'.
But my mind and ears want to hear those old songs expressed respectfully, intelligently, and creatively with the expansive unlimited timbres of 'new' electronic sounds....

Electric guitars in Folk Rock may have been a shocking novelty 4 or 5 decades ago..
but now even a smart phone is capable of playing software instruments that stimulate and excite the ears with far more sonic possibilities....

If a good song can be accompanied tastefully with a concertina or harmonium, or hurdy gurdy,
then there is no reason why the same cannot apply to even a vintage technology monophonic synthesiser played through a low wattage, low volume battery powered portable amplifier....
That in the real world could be so responsibly low in volume it could still be drowned out by a banjo or accordian..