Without the Corries and bands like the Dubliners leading the charge in the early sixties, there wouldn't be a place for today's generation (like Dick Gaughan - a marvelous performer) to play. Only saw the Dubs once (had a great time) but I went to many Corries shows and was always entertained and left feeling good. They were corny at times but no more so than our own beloved Art Thieme. They had their own style and tended to play the larger theaters rather that the folk clubs, but I'd rather spend an evening with the Corries than sit in an English folk club listening to some conceited bore with one finger in his ear and the other up his ass sing 843 verses of "Robin Hood", mainly through his nose, no matter how authentic it was.. The Corries did a great deal to keep the Scottish folk revival going through the difficult 70's and deserve the respect of all folkies.