All you have to do is google Burl Ives. Jack regularly pronounces on the subject of modesand eastern european music with authority, i find it unbelievable that he had not heard ives was dead or that he did not know of Roy Harris the uk singer.
if it is the case that he had not heard of Roy his folk knowledge must be extremely specialised or limited, he will be telling us he has never heard of Alloyd next,amongst the many thingsRoy has done is recorded with Bertlloyd,and also martin carthy
Roy Harris
ROY HARRIS Champions Of Folly TSDL256
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Few singers have such a vigorous, broad-ranging, fresh-sounding repertoire as Roy Harris from Nottingham, and none can handle it more convincingly. Guest musicians include Martin Carthy (guitar, mandola), Bobby Campbell (fiddle) and Vic Gammon (melodeon).
1 The Saucy Bold Robber
2 Bold Lovell
3 Steepleford Town
4 Captain Ward
5 The Methody Parson
6 Caroline and her Young Sailor Bold
7 The Beggar's Song
8 When I was A Little Boy
9 The Dragoon's Ride
10 Cropper Lads
11 The 'Royal Charter'
12 The Topman and the Afterguard
13 The Jovial Hunter
14 Hard Times of Old England