Lads and Lassies it all depends on what Folk Clubs you frequented in the past, in all of my time going to many Folk Clubs and pub sessions in the north of Ireland, I never heard anyone singing any of The Kingston Trios stuff or any of the other US performers songs.

The fact is, at that time, we had songs and music galore, and we performed our own ageless music, no doubt the US Clubs and sessions were listening to their own music and i`m sure getting as much pleasure as we did, but there was a hidden world to the outsider in Irish music that was appreciated by those who were brought up in that environment.

We took to The Bothy Band, Planxty, and others who brought the great music to us without distorting the basic lilt.