'Hog Eye Man' . . . I wonder how that fits with the policy of performing English music?

It has nothing whatsoever to do with a policy adopted briefly by the membership of ONE club in the 60s. Martin C was merely remarking that AT THE TIME it was a wake up call for many (including himself) that there WAS English material there for the exploration. Waterson:Carthy, obviously, perform music from many different cultures with respect, as long as it is appropriate and can be adapted to their style. Martin's guitar style, for example, is derived principally from Big Bill Broonzy who is not, unless I'm badly mistaken, an English player. Norma Waterson includes much material of US origin in her repertoire and their daughter is renowned for collaborations with musicians from many and varied provenances. Possibly WAV is about to tell W:C they should be confining themselves to pipe and tabor and eating pottage sandwiches fashioned from stotty cake. I'd like to be a fly on the wall when this conversation takes place . . .