Its not that one is obsessed. It is just the way the English scene IS.....

This last weekend I was at the Folkus Lancashire weekend at Clitheroe organised by Alan Bell and his wonderful committee. I had a wonderful weekend - really enjoyed every minute.

However when it came to sessions. The pro's went one way sat in the little bar by themselves - going into ever more convoluted jiggy reel stuff. The ordinary punters who had come there to learn a bit about folk music sat in the lounge playing their 60's Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell et al stuff.

The whole situation whacks you on the nose every day. There is thread on mudcat at the moment - what is being sung in folk clubs. If you believed that lot, you'd think every bloody folk club in England was an annexe of Cecil Sharp House.

Comparisons are odious, but Tim left a bigger mark on the English folkscene many pillars of the establishment.