The parochial Anglocentrism of certain Mudcat posters becomes quite wearying, especially when combined with a fetish for some elusive notion of 'authenticity'. Britain is merely one outpost of the folk universe; if the use of the guitar was successfully imported from other traditions, what's the point of complaining about its subsequent prevalence? Instruments cannot be disapproved out of existence. Obviously, accompaniments (on guitar as on any other instrument) can be lazy or monotonous, but that's a different discussion.
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