Peter, I don't know who you got that attitude from, but ignore it. Two of the people I most respect, Tom and Jeff, like it when people swipe 'their' songs. They know a lot of them though. Other people don't have the same huge repertoire and don't learn songs quickly, but doing one of their songs won't kill them. If their that stingy, maybe it's your duty to piss them off.

Remember Mollymauk on Saturday? Other people around have learned it, that is they've learned the words and the tune, because I sang it. I feel pretty good about that. It was pretty funny - three people asked me to sing it (OK, one just mentioned it) and I declined because my voice was a bit ragged. I changed my mind and went over to BB and prepared to start, opened my mouth and Dave (Feadog) started singing it. Maybe he planned it, I don't know, but it was funny.

Realistically, should people who visit have someone approve their repertoire? What happens when the same song is 'owned' but several people? The music's too important to be constantly afraid of wounding egos and stepping on toes. It messed me up a bit when I first started going to the Friday session. I don't mind staying away from some songs, but these day's I'm cultivating a response to, "I do that song!" that goes something like, "Yeah - great song, isn't it? or, "Next time, maybe we can sing it together?" Or you can take turns.

I'll kick your ass if it's 'Fire Down Below', though. (Just kidding. I LOVE singing harmony on that.)