There lies the crux of the problem, never treat anyone as if they are a god or with unnecesary reverence, judge everyone on their musical merits, rather than what they have been promoted.
Lloyd through topic records produced and promoted himself and others and at the same time lot of traditional music. one person I would not have gone to for advice about singing style, would be Lloyd.
I do not agree with his idea about singing with a smile on the face, it does not appear to have been done by any traditional singers that i have come across, here is harry cox tradtional singer singing in an unfected stylehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsxG06FMA-Y