Art Thieme puts it beautifully when he mentions feet of clay: folk music is made by people and not gods or heroes. So there were aspects of MacColl's behaviour that were less than likeable: there were positives to balance them. As somebody who is researching the social/political aspects of the revival, I tend to hear - and weigh upon - more of the negatives but that's because these are the aspects in which his legacy's probably most controversial. He certainly added to the canon, and transmitted a great deal more of it. And how fascinating to read Mark Cohen's first hand account of the Singers' Club, which shows a different side to that venue.