I have ignored nothing - I have participated in every single hread on MacColl

Yes, we know that, Jim. That is rather the point. Maybe if you did ignore some of the stuff that winds you up, not as many of those threads would be closed and there would be no need for the moderation team to consider any deletions or suspensions.

Still, this is not sticking to the subject so I shall take my own advice. Consider yourself ignored!

Back to the topic in question. The first song I performed in public, albeit as part of the school class choir, was "Dirty Old Town". The gym teacher played guitar, a couple of us played mouth organs and the rest sang. During rehearsals the teacher played us a MacColl version that had a jazz feel to it. As a callow 15 year old into Hendrix and the Who it nearly put me off folk for life. Luckily I persisted:-)