I've hosted scores of house concerts and never had the slightest problem with a performer's ego. With their nervousness or sobriety, yes, now and then, but folk generally doesn't draw the kind of personality that flourishes in rock.

And I will name names, only to say these people were a delight to have in my home: Seamus Kennedy, Tommy Sands, Anne Hills, Bryan Bowers, Robbie O'Connell, Andy M. Stewart, Tom Lewis, John Roberts & Tony Barrand, Kat Eggleston, and many, many more.

Face it. Folk singers are usually ordinary folks. No shame in that.