I know there were a lot of peop;e who effectively did a 'stand-up' routine as a folk club booking with sometimes as few as four songs in an evening . However the purveyors of contemporary humerous songs most
definately did NOT harm the club scene , as most clubs booked a variety of different acts, so the Full House nights for people like Jasper Carrot and Miles Wootton helped to keep clubs heads above water
and enabled them to book the straight folkies like Martin Carthy and the Copper Family at sensible fees.
There was a school of thought that said the Kippers re writes of traditional songs would kill the Trad Song Scene - Did It ??