"can Jim Carroll sing like that, in the meantime it would be great if Carroll would desist"
I really wasn't going to bother with this inanity as I have no doubt, should anybody bother I have no doubt it would lead to the destruction of this discussion - but I'm curious!
When I came into the music back in the early sixties, one of the first things that struck me was the democracy of the situation.
No matter whet your abilities as a singer, your knowledge or the length of time you'd been around,m your opinions were treated with complete respect.
If you asked a question or made a suggestion it was responded to with politeness and genuine interest - I can never remember having been told - by anybody - to go away and come back when I was a better singer oor had been around for longer.
Is it really the case nowadays that it is only the folkie superstars whose opinions are worth consideration?
Has the democracy gone down the pan with much of our traditional music?
Would appreciate an answer from someone else other than you Dick - I know yours already, you've made it clear several times.   
As I say, not intending to develop this into a tit-fot-tat; just curious.
Jim Carroll