Oh, and I meant to quote from a post over in uk.music.folk not too long ago, by Michael Ollier. He summed this whole thing up quite brilliantly I thought. Here is just an excerpt of this post:

I...had dealings with many musicians. The name of DB comes up quite often. I will not say who they are, that's for them to discuss (but there are a lot of big names) but they all snarl at the mere mention of the name. One female performer went apoplectic. One guy turned to me and said "Don't mention that fuckers name to me again" and stormed off. He didn't speak to me the rest of the weekend. One of the best was one of DGs fellow members in Clan Alba, who kept me regalled with a tirade for a couple of hours in a Glasgow hotel, nest to the railway station which I'm sure Dick knows very well. He didn't like my bodhran jokes however, may he RIP...I have heard of a couple of people 'sticking up' for him (one prominent folkie magazine in particular and, sad to say, one very funny musician who I rather like... can't get his records though!!))... but after all the stories you've heard you should think of others part in this...We also advised some people not to sign with him, then watched as their music was suppressed. People (especially musicians) never learn: especially Northumbrian Pipers!!

End quote