Subject: RE: folksingers who quit,and why?
From: GUEST
Date: 12 Nov 07 - 05:08 PM

Mind you, most Mudcat folkies will neither notice nor mind. The pro is some kind of a criminal to many here, who boast about never going to see concerts at festivals, and never booking guests at their clubs - because it's their music innit, and they don't need no high and mighty experts

I am not sure that "most" is right but I do agree with your general sentiment. There are a fair number and I have disagreed with them on here on a number of occasions.

However some people do make it. Bella Hardy; Devil's Interval; Lisa Knapp; Kerfuffle; Last Orders; Damien O'Kane and Shona Kipling; Spiers and Boden, Mawkin:Causley,; Hekety/Crucible have all served their time. Seth Lakeman was an overnight success at 28 or so having played publicly since he was about 14.

alf of Waterson;Carthy is 60+; Vin is now over 60; Roy Bailey is about 70; I could point to others whose ages are not so well-known, BUT - if they are a draw and people come and see them they will go on.