Greg - do you mean that they were boring because they had guitars, or they were boring anyway and just so happened to have a guitar? If I'm right about Eliza's true identity (and you didn't reply last time I asked, Eliza!), I reckon her dad would take exception to that statement! :0)

I don't believe folk-clubs are dead, at least ours isn't - far from it, it's a thriving, happy club with an eclectic mix of performers and styles. But I do believe many will eventually die if:-

1) We don't work very hard on introducing and encouraging youngsters. Difficult nowadays because of all the other distractions avaiilable to young people, but certainly not impossible.

2) Ostriches and moaners are allowed to dominate proceedings and drive performers out because they're not 'Pure' and 'English Traditional' enough. Nothing at all wrong with English Traditional, I love it, but there's much more around that's worth an airing.

But that's all been argued many times on other threads..............

Johnny :0)