Of course Bob hangs out at The Mudcat. And Bob, if you still fancy a gig at Market Rasen Folk Club, I'll put in a word with Les.

Book this guy Les, he's pretty good.

Don't think it was Starbucks that finished off the folk music in coffee bars - rather it was a generation that couldn't shut the f--k up and listen - check out Elijah Wald's magnificent recounting of the life of Dave Van Ronk - and how a very talented musician had a pretty depressing period in his life waiting for the skunks to shut up.

Coffee retailers are not the villains of this piece

all the best

Big Al Whittle