Greg It would seem to me that this has been alluded to above but is it not the fact that folk music to the average American, means the guitar wielding singer/song writer who probably has never or only on rare occasions sung a folk song in his/her life?.

Re lack of Bass players at Clifftop, this certainly isn't the case at Mount Airy but you probably know that.

To Banjo Ray; Who else will be at Gainsborough? I couldn't see any details on the web-site last week.