" Was he paid the full union rate for all the re-wiring he did?"
I was paid in kind - they fed me, gave me a bed, paid my fare and tld me to help myself to copies of all the recordings I could manage
When I refused payment - they gave me a magnificent Appalachian Dulcimer belonging to their son Hamish who couldn't use it when he blew his fingers off in an accident
Ewan and Pegy threw their home open to wannabe singers like me monthly for nearly ten years Ewan sweated blood preparing the evenings (I saw him) and both of them exhausted themselves
The only charge was a levy to pay for group equipment and expenses
One of the first 'out of Group' activities I attended when I joined was a magnificent 2-hour lecture Peggy gave at the Union Tavern on accompaniment (I have the recording) - it cost nothing, though Peggy had obviouly put a great deal o research into preparing it
That type of things was common among the people I hung out with at one time until the Folk Scene became dominated by people who placed a placed a price-tag on everything - People who knew the price of everything and the value of nothing
I met a lot of people like that when I began to do electrical for some of the wealthiest people in London

People like that tend to think themselves as important but in fact they contribute nothing to their fellow human beings
Tell me what you think again Pseud ???

No-ne here deifies MacColl - he was a flawed human being who left behind a legacy of work and thought that has yet to be climbed
Pity there aren't too many climbers up to the job nowadays - it's still there
Why the **** aren't you people prepared to discuss his ideas rather than constantly side at someone who has been dead for three decades and can't answer back
What have you done to merit such arrogance ?
Jim ?