i think this is really interesting.

the American connection to what was going on in England has never really been well documented, and that's why Peggy is seen as an adjunct to both scenes - rather than a seminal figure.

A various times i bought various albums from Ewan and Peggy which really influenced my guitar style. i recall in particular a red one made with Tom Paley. Also there was a brilliant one that I just about wore out made with Mike SEeger, containing Clinch Mountain backstep, On Springfield Mountain and THe Romish lady.

THere is a book that I finally got hold of, called Baby Let Me Follow You Down - mainly about east coast scene. but the connections aren't really documented in a transparent way.

i know that a lot of us in England confused the trad scene in America with the revivalist movement. For years I thought the Charles River Valley Boys were a bit like the Carter Family - rather than a gang of university kids. i think it was Martin Carthy who disabused of the notion!

I remember in an American book - a dictionary of folk music - seeing a reprint of a fan letter MIke and Peggy sent to Bill MOnroe, or was it Flatt and SCrruggs saying their favourite songs were Fod and something else. i know at the time Fod was the Springfield Mountain/Pizzen Sarpint song I was obsessed with.