Fred mentioned to me that this thread was going on and that he thought a comment or two was directed towards me.

For the record, I was too young when Ewan and Peggy set up the Critics Group and, at the time, was far too busy immersing my young ears in whatever Brian Matthew's 'Saturday Club' threw up or whoever I could catch on AFM of Luxembourg and most of my interests were directed towards r 'n 'b and the blues (and remain so)

In other words, though I respect what they achieved, I've never had any interest in the works of MacColl and Seeger and indeed have never heard any of their recordings. Their work passed me by and I regret that, as I'm probably more ignorant as a result. I've also only rarely been involved in the English folk scene - again, I might have missed a trick or two.

Whatever's going on regarding this thread 'It Ain't Me, Babe' (and I was never into Dylan either) - just give me a fiddle and a set of uilleann pipes and lead me onwards to bliss.

Geoff