I remember Donovan playing in folk clubs, particularly round St Albans, he was just in the right place at the right time, and I'm sure none of the rest of us would have resisited the temptation to make money. So maybe he wasn't cutting edge, and he wasn't writing songs about famine and the unions, he still wrote some good songs and doesn't deserve to be dismissed off hand. Listen again to songs like Gold Watch Blues, and Sunny Goodge Street. He is of more relevance to the UK folk scene than The Pogues or Shane McGowan.
Giok