well if it had not been for Alex Campbells kind hearted generosity, Peggy Seeger would not have been allowed into the country, there probably wouldnt have been a Critics group, and this thread wouldnt have existed,Fred Baxter wouldnt have been called a Burglar,Vic Smith would not have got on his high horse and started tilting at wind mills its all Alex Campbells fault.
Pewking up on people was almost the norm at one stage in the folk revival,There was another well known folk singer who pewked up out of Mervyn Vincents upstairs bedroom window, and straight over Mervyns daughter, aye, standards were definitely higher on the early days of the revival.
VicSmith, Fred Baxter told me THAT he was a burglar, so either he was, or he was a Walter Mitty, I found him a pleasant guy and I enjoyed his club, he was not a pompous. humourless self important person