The songs existed when there were zero folk clubs. the Popularity of folk in the 60s and some of the 70s strikes me as a cultural blip, no more to be mourned than Bebop or ska reggae. It seems crazy to expect folk clubs to exist in their thousands until the end of time. Does the same apply to other genres of music too? There aren’t classical music salons around now the way there was in 18th century Vienna, should we be bemoaning that as well?