Happy new year to you two! May snow fall on the Scottish Highlands and may Elderjohn stay forever young. There must be some link between Hootenanny and the Gealic musical join in tradition. Though the words do not give any clue.
Hootenanny reminds me sooner of Father Steve's Hootchie Cootchie Man.
But Hootchie Cootchie Man lived long before Hootchienanny. This makes no sense at all.