"Val Doonican as a bona fide Folk Hero !!!???"

Absolutely! I came to folk music via Val Doonican and Jim Reeves, so who knows how many many Seth will pull in.

To Jon and WAV, just let me say: horses wear blinkers to keep them looking ahead so they go on plodding along the same straight furrow instead of realising there's a whole, wide, beautiful and exciting world out there.