Jim has been very helpful in the past in providing me and others with versions of traditional songs, which I appreciate.
But performance of traditional songs is about interpretation and entertainment, it is not just about remembering words, and it should not be forgotten that all the singers I mentioned have done the business many times., and have continued to get re booked, so they do know about performance. I am not sure and have no evidence that Jim Carroll does, although he is clearly knowledgeable about tradtional song.
Jim, for your info,I saw Fred Jordan say exactly the same thing as Davenport to a singer[but without the f word], so Daven port is not alone in having done that. Personally, I would never interrupt anyone, I find background info interesting, although I cannot see the point of telling the story beforehand if you are going to sing it.