So, what have we got? A so-called 'folk' website and 53 responses to a question about 'folk geniuses' and ONE mention of Ewan MacColl - shame on you!!!
Ewan was the only genius, in any field, that I have ever met. A songwriter of enormous distinction and influence and an interpreter of traditional song without parallel. No-one could sing a ballad like Ewan - he was the Boss, as far as I'm concerned.
And while we're at it, no mention of Bert Lloyd, either - such short memories, such selectivity!
Nearly everyone who came after were influenced by Bert and Ewan - to let the memories of these two great men die would be an outrage!!!