Stripping the Willow age 6. I knew that folk and its enthusiasts was essentially evil then.
The Kinks. I realised that folk had nothing to do with the instruments or the packaging.
Steeleye Span. Pop goes the folk.
Love the music and maintain serious reservations about its practitioners (something that holds good for all music e.g. Wagner, Gary Glitter, 'English' folk music, etc)