Hi there guest 'punkfolk rocker'

The thread that you have started has generated some of the best comment that I've ever read on a Mudcat thread.

Namely - stop comparing yourself to other people. Listen to them, enjoy them, then sing they way that you want to, the way that you do, just naturally.

None of the great folkies copied someone else. Jeannie Robertson, Peter Bellamy, Stan Hugill, Cyril Tawney, the list goes on. They didn't copy, they were.