I had met both Ewan & Peggy, once, back in the late 70's. They were on tour & I was traveling cross country for no perticular reason. I found a singing swap & then found out that they were doing a house concert in L.A. the next night & dived a the chance. I was introduced to them because I had come the farthest to see them. 3,000 mile but not really to see them. Anyway I found them to be very easy to talk to, interesting, attentive & Ewan was very interested in my trade (roofer) asking about the old timers & how they were treated, how they past on there knowledge, etc. I came away with a great respect for them both. I think that they were very pleased that a young someone whose neck was dirty & had rough hands appeciated their singing.

That said, who gives a care about how he ran his show. His contributions were tremdous & far reaching, mony of his written songs are songs are the world over (so have claimed to have even collected them), he's lead many others in their quest into traditional music & without him there's a lot that wouldn't be. SO how can you fault someone if he might've rubbed a few people in a different manner.

Barry