"The nature of booms is that don't last long, "
The folk boom lasted for about 2/3 years, up to the pointgt when the Industry decided they's made there money and moved on elsewhere
When they'd gone the clubs flourished and, free from the demands of the media they began to explore the repertoire and the styles - that lasted for at least another two decades and would have continued had the "anything goes anyhow" moved in - now their bombing
Folk song continues to nbe important but has lost its public face
Jim Carroll