how would that work out Diane if you applied the same set of standards to Alex as you do to that set of doddering old gits, the traditional singers. I NEVER heard him as bad as them.

Apart from one time, when he had a mandoline player with him who did very long solos, I always thought Alex did a decent gig. I mean it really doesn't matter for some people - they have personality and charm. They tell better stories than most people sing songs, without being categorised as 'a teller of stories'.