I think there are different categories of nutter. There are the floor singer nutters, who are generally of a far, far milder degree of eccentricity than the audience nutters (some of whom are really quite special). I have to say that since discovering the worlds of historical re-enactment and public transport models I've realised that the audience nutters are not unique to the folk world. And then there are the geeks, who are fringe members of the audience nutters - there are guitar geeks, uillean pipe geeks, synthesiser geeks and so on.

And in case I've inadvertently offended any Mudcatters, let me say I love all nutters - without them what would we do?

Anne