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Mr Carroll- Not sure where you get all this fiction!!."
I choose to call myself "Jim Carroll"
Your choice leaves me with the impression of a somewhat superior schoolteacer talking down to a pupil
"I cerainly never called MacColl a domineering bully or any of this other stuff-"
OtHers have - you certainly have suggested he tried to imposee his views on others - pretty much as you do by telling them what they can and can't talk about
"I never mentioned MacColl at all till you did!!"
So?
You have certainly done your share of grave dancing
"don't really need to receive any more unfounded accusations and insults from the likes of you."
Yet you feel free to insult me "tHe likes of you" is a fine example of your insulting attitude
I have responded to your attitude in kind - no more
I certainly have never at any time told you what you can and can't discuss
I don't care whether you or anybody likes MacColl's singing - this has never been what this is about
Maccoll made a massive contribution to folk song far beyond his singing and songwriting
While the rest of the 'superstars' were getting on with their own careers (and occasionally taking time off to take a pop at MacColl) he and Peggy chose to give a night a week and the freedom of their home and library to less well-known singers who wished to improve their own singing (at their request)
Neither of them were compelled to do so - they felt it might help popularise the music they cherished
At no time did they ever slag fellow performers publicly(unlike those who are still slagging him off)
The behaviour towards Maccoll in my opinion, is unwarranted and grotesquely unethical
No performer should stand in front of an audience and slag off any other fellow enthusiast Pat and I were recipients of Ewan and Peggy's generosity, the type of which I never really experienced anywhere else in the revival apart from other members of the Group, yet efforts to discuss the work we did and pass some of the ideas on are always met with garbage like this
It's not as if the revival is buzzing with idea at present
Lets hope the next generation have more open minds than this one had (I speak in the past tense)
Jim Carroll