I think changing to DE from CR is a good idea.

The word you need is "Yahoo" - only one initial letter away, and a fruitful source of confusion for the mentally challenged of today who will misread that too.

Do not prescribe to the performer. The will to improve must come from inside. Discourage the performers and you damage your rootstock.

I have found that in a small pub setting, a good row about what is "folk" can engage the interest of the listeners, and result in more appreciation of what is being done. It is not simply entertainment.

WLD, your friends should try playing a few Martin Carthy guitar parts before they condemn his abilities. Sorry to hear of your vicissitudes, and all that, but you should not necessarily assume that the judgments of the milieu in which you have found yourself are better than those of the milieu from which you came, and I think you often do.