He's a splendid singer. I mean that. Splendid. Live, however, his stage presence is more like Julian Clary. Not that I mind, but it does not jibe with the traditional singer thing - and that's my point. He does not do the macho man singer thing that would go with singing, say, "the Threshing Machine". It is therefore possible to be a well-thought of folksong singer while not presenting in accordance with the bucolic image.