Seems a bit pointless discussing personal likes and dislikes - we all like what we like
In the end it's whether the song works - it usually does with Ewan for me
I've also found Peggy's accompaniments fine because they do what they need to do - accompany
The early accompaniments are different - Alf Edwards was very baisc, Steve Benbow was not to my taste
I oved the jazz accompaniments on Dirty Old Town because I love Jazz - Dirty ld Town takes accompaniment and lone voice singing - I'd hate jazz ro b used widely to sing British or Irish folk songs widely - a matter of taste - Ewan did both as the mood took him
I have no problem with accompaniments that accompany - far too many get in the way
Peggy had a whole philosophy around instrumentation - we have a lecture she gave on it
I was never a great fan of accompanied American singing until talking to her helped get my head around it - now some of the older American singers rate among my favourites
Contrary to Gilly - I don't know of anybody who sang Ewan's songs better than he did
My mate Bob Blair gathered the whole repertoire of Ewan's recorded own songs together onto seven CDs chronologically - I'm adding those not released commercially (feel free to ask for them)
We're really not going to change each other's personal tastes - who would want to ?
I'll be happt if I can get rind of theis insulting "worshiping Ewan" crap
Ewan's main importance for me was the work he did wit others in develping a method where singers might lean to use their voices fully and apply them to singing folk songs