I took Hoot's comments about the banjo as sarcasm ??

Harker says some former Critics Group members continued to appear at the Singers' Club, but not while MacColl was around. 'As far as he was concerned they were now persona non gratae'. I have wondered just where Mackenzie and Carroll fitted into all this, but this is probably not a line of enquiry liable to lead to a peaceful discussion. And all credit is due to them for what Seeger describes as their loyalty to MacColl, which I don't think anybody could doubt.