John Mackenzie, whilst I recognise a degree of truth in what you say about "death being a good career move", I suspect that opinions about PB are as polarised now as they were when he was alive. Despite his being championed by Jon Boden and other influential musicians from the younger generation, I suspect there are still many listeners who can't get past the vocal mannerisms.

The young musicians now discovering his music don't have to contend with his provocative and sometimes confrontational personality, on the other hand they are deprived of his live performances - in my opinion his recordings seldom manage to capture his energy and sheer "dangerousness".

Like him or loath him, it is surely undeniable that PB was quite unlike anyone else on the folk scene at the time.