Countess, the so called folk comedians ie, Mike Harding, Tony Capstick, Billy Connolly etc. were ok occasionaly when they were still singing folk songs, but certainly for little Mike and The Big Yin the comedy took over, fame beckoned and they couldn't resist, mind you, if someone was waving wads of money at me I would [ probably ] do the same.
I thought I was the only person who disliked that bloody awful Rubber Folk, what a total waste of air time. Folk music doesn't owe anything to the Beatles.

I only once saw Ewan and Peggy, at the Singing Jenny Folk Club in Huddersfield, Ewan sang his own or Scottish songs and Peggy played an amazing array of instruments and sang American songs, in my opinion both were superb, I still think so.

eric