Rod Stewart does do quite a bit of folk music - Reason to Beleive adn Mandolin Wind to name but two. Probably his Celtic roots! I don't think he did too bad a job of either and his only fault on Wild Mountain Thyme was saying he wrote it - but what do I know...

Chris Rea (Rhea?) seems to purposely put at least one piece of drivel on each of his otherwise (IMO) excellent albums. My mind closes itself down when I try to remember the title but the song with the Father/Daugter conversation about people dying and all the ills of the world is a real vomit inducer for me...

DtG