I didn't mean SS's own stuff was cranky, I like it very much indeed, I was referring to the stuff that passes through Fleetwood's folk clubs.
Greg I never rise to posts with 'barmy drivelling nonsense' or 'running and hiding' in them. There's clearly too much anger bottled up to have a reasoned discussion. It's not that 1954 is prescriptive of performance, it's that people on Mudcat insist 1954 is the definition of folk music, giving them a free hand to say whether what people play is or isn't folk. I don't believe one source, especially a 55 year old one gives anyone that authority.