I would just like to say in addition to my piece earlier about Alex that I'm horrified about the way Jez Lowe has been villified in this thread. Some of us had hoped that we were dealing with a Living Tradition and songs would emerge andevolve as indeed McColl was song cWRITER .
Apologies for possible thread creep - but on this thread Jex Lowe has been castigated and unfairly labelled a Cabaret singer which is an absolute disgrace to say the least. Thanks to Dick for standing up for this very decent man, who not only performs briliantly whether solo, or with the Bad Pennies and has injected many wonderful songs into the British Folk scene - as have many others.
Mind you - If you're looking for a good Cabaret song - try "The very first time I saw your face " . It must be great money-earner for Jimmy - sorry - Ewan.

Let's talk about Alex here ...........Eh ?

Cheers Betsy