One Contributor to this thread has stated
He almost single handedly got me, an American teenager, into British folk music
I am pleased to hear this.
some people on the uk folk scene at that time preferred trad music that was cosier, safe, not challenging, less flamboyant
I knew two trad irish musicians who walked out of one of his gigs, mind you, they knew feck all about singing ,but just were interested in how many reels they knew and how many diddles they could get in to a tune