Blimey this thread is spooky.
I was only thinking to myself the other day, that I would love to know how something can be called Acoustic, when PA was used. But not being very knowledgable on this subject, thought that I might sound a bit stupid asking.

Up till recently, I have shied away from using PA at my club. However, with good sized audiences, it has at times been difficult to hear the voices of some performers, especially if there are 70 in the room.

Of recent PA has been used and has helped this situation. I am not one for loud PA, but have been very happy for the PA.

I would like to come to the defence of John Conolly and Fiddlers Green.
John is one of the nicest persons one could ever wish to meet, very knowledgeable and very humerous when on stage. John has appeared on several occasions at my club, and when he has said that his next song is Fiddlers Green, the audience have genuinly said Yes Yes. You may not like it Greg, but there are an awful lot who do like it. I have to laugh, becuase the last time he appeared at my club, I cocked up my intro for him. I announced that John was the person who wrote that wonderful song called "Fiddler On The Roof" and he immediately started singing "If I was a rich man" and when he stopped singing, he said "I wish I had written it, as I would have made millions". I wish I had a video of it now as it was a treasure, and showed that this man had wonderful ad lib reactions and certainly has wonderful charisma.