maybe if source singers had done vocal exercises then when they wereolder some of them might have kept their voices better,they did not do vocal xrcises because mosty of them had not heard of them , i amsure that those who took pride in their singing [most of them] would have donre so if they had thought or knew it would have helped
"Maybe it's the concept of the folk club guest night which is where we went wrong- I'm sure Fred Jordan didn't do voice exercises, he didn't need to but he never had to do 2 x 45 mins several times a week until he was discovered- are professional folk singers attempting the impossible & we should go back to the old ways? " rather a backward looking reactionary post. does it not occur to you that they fred etc might have kept their voices even longer, if they had done voice exercises