"Coming from you, old man, that represents a degree of fawning hypocrisy"
Nope -it was a heart-felt reaction to "Blues, Shanties, Kipling, Cicely Fox Smith, Musical Hall, George Formby, Pop, County, Dylan, Cohen, Cash, Medieval Latin, Beatles, Irish Jigs and Reels, Scottish Strathspeys, Gospel, Rock, Classical Guitar, Native American Chants, Operatic Arias and even the occasional Traditional Song and Ballad" definition of 'folk' and your crass suggestion that we should abandon definitions altogether, presumably to accommodate your.... well, whatever you call what you do!
Jim Carroll