I don't recall hearing any country music in the folk clubs I went to in the 1970s. They were mainly British trad, with a sprinkling of singer-songwriter "contemporary folk". Not much American music of any genre, although of course floor singers would do Dylan and I recall seing a few American guests such as Derroll Adams, Holly Tannen and Jim Couza.

Most of my circle had a low opinion of Country, regarding it as fake-cowboy, formulaic and over-sentimental. I don't the BBC's "Country meets Folk" programme satisfied either camp.