Going right back to the name of the thread, I thought the 60's "folk club boom" was much inhabited by people playing Bob Dylan and Donovan songs or trying to play in the style of Bert Jansch or Davy Graham? I must admit it could be a mistaken impression as I did not come into folk clubs until the mid 70's.

No hidden agenda here. Just wondering if this was the case and, if so, how come the contemporary folk and even psychedelia of the 60's sat alongside traditional folk in harmony while now it seems to create such a controversy.