Why is that "a confession" Hoot
I knew Ewan well enough to know damn well that the description of him given by his knockers comes nowhere near that of his knockers
That's not the MacColl I knew and it's not the MacColl that come over at present from the hundreds of recordings of workshops I'm indexing
Ewan and Peg weer the ones who fed me and turned out their youngest son from his bed to accommodate me when I needed it
They opened thour home library and arcive of recordings to singers looking for new songs and information once a week for nearly ten years and they didn't return the spite that poured in (and is still circulating) when those who were doing far less (mainly nothing) to help less experienced singers
I don't know another couple who researced as much as they did and shared it with others as much as they did
I think I've asked you before but here goes again - do you ?
What's with you people !!
My attitude to what I accumulated and learned from the time I spent woring in folk song was "It's not ours, there to be passed on"
Ewan and Peg were the ones I first heard advocate that and Walter Pardon was the last
Coincidence or what !!!
Jim Carroll