John Kelly isn't going to live for ever, neither is jack hudson.

John is playing at one festival. jack is playing at none at all as far as I know - although he did get to play at Celtic Connections and Ashbourne earlier in the year.

the situation stinks. I'm sorry if you see me as an asshole, but from your remarks I can see that you have no idea what it takes to turn yourself into a John Kelly or Jack Hudson.

Its not something you just fit in after a hard day doing something else.

they say a cynic knows the price of everything and the value of nothing. I can't blame you, you live in a world where the market forces are all to cock. But music critics and the like (as FR Leavis said) should know how to isolate quality. they don't. that, simply put, is the situation rubbing sand and vinegar under my foreskin.