Its really strange isn't it that as early as the 1960's some critics were saying The Beatles were the greatest songwriters since Schubert, and Paul MacCartney has dabbled with the classical world and had his work recorded by orchestras up and down the land. great jazz players like Josh Redman and Wes Montgomery have have had a bash at Beatles songs. every singer from Sinatra to Steve earle has loved a Beatles song enough to record it.

The question is do the fab four have the enough artisic validity to stand beside some old fart who's forgotten the words to the wild rover.

The question divides the nation......!

No wonder folk music is on its knees . the trouble is that some of our number have delusions of significance.