"I think it is wrong to say that" While the superstars of the revival were getting on with their careers" etc"
Why - who else was giving up a night a week to work with less experienced singers - none, that I can recall?
"MacColl and Seeger never gave up pursuing their careers either, and to infer that they did is grossly inaccurate ."
Nobody suggested they did.
"consisting of MacColl acolytes"
It seems that Ewan had "acolytes" while everybody else had fan or followers - never understood the difference personally.
There were certainly far more 'Carthy copiers', 'Bellamy Bleaters', 'Dylan Doubles' and 'Joanie clones' and Dylan doubles' on the scene than there were Ewan imitators
MacColl was a performers with ideas, as yesterday's programme made clear and it was that aspect which those of us who were familiar with those ideas responded to rather than the fanzine adoration that still haunts the scene.
Jim Carroll