Used to happen regularly in English folk clubs - people saying Dylan stole the songs.

Of course you're right Ron. the folk revival was well under way. But in England after Dylan and Donovan started getting in the charts - it really exploded. In a tiny little town like Grantham, where I was at college. there were three folk clubs when I arrived in 1967.

I can remember thinking - if I learn Dallas rag and a couple of Blind Boy Fuller songs on the guitar - I'll have a better qualification than this teaching certificate I'm studying for.

When the folk enthusiasts started going trad - the people stopped going to folk clubs. By the early 70's the entire network had shrunk and evaporated, and most of the folk clubs were dismal affairs where professional singers had no place.