The comparison with Willie Scott is unfortunate.

Though most of us knew and heard Willie in his declining years, he was never anything other than a master of traditional song. He did sing more slowly with advancing years, but his pitch, pace and tone was always very pleasing. The same cannot be said of Joe's singing. In fact, it is the slow pace that draws attention to his faults as a singer. He is guilty of one of my pet hates of trying to hold consonant rather than vowel sounds: Oh, it's whisperrrred innnnn the kitchennnnn...

At times, he has problems with maintaining the tune, especially when he has to cope with an upward jump of a fifth or more, and at other times he employs a vibrato that he does not appear to have full control over. Overall, I would have to say that the songs, fine versions all, are more interesting than the singer.