An issue that I've seen a couple of friend's groups squabble over (not to mention my own) is also "What do you include?"

While (as previously mentioned) there are a LOT of the 'catters who would probably cringe at Black Velvet Band (or Mountain Dew, The Mermaid, or a host of others), I'd also suspect that a lot of the performers on the 'cat have them as part of their regular repetoire. Personally, as we discuss putting our first CD together, we're considering including an old standard or two for mostly commercial reasons. We like the 'standards', but not quite as much as some of the other material, but we'll probably include it to give a random passerby a better chance of recognizing SOMETHING on our disc.

OK, now that I've committed heresy...

M