No you've missed the crux of the argument.

Blair Dunlop debuts his first album at Cecil Sharp House. In the tradition.

Gerry Lockran never got invited to play the place. Derek Brimstone in a very long career got to play the place twice when he was accompanying someone or other. never invited to play in his own right. In folk clubs.

The problem is lack of respect from one side by the other. The insinuation that lies at the heart of it is that if you're not 'in the tradition' you're some sort of flash harry - barely one stage up from the protoplasm that plays the X factor. Whereas 'in the tradition' are serious artists.

Go figure.