Dave, you seem to be conflating my comments about folk clubs with my beliefs about folk music. I think folk music and the festivals and to some extent the singarounds and sessions are in a pretty healthy state. As with anything, there's always room for improvement - there has to be, in order to avoid atrophy... and there's really no point arguing with Alex P, because he isn't contributing to this thread. I quoted ONE SENTENCE from an article he wrote to illustrate a point I was making about something Snail had said... phew!

I really don't claim to 'speak for a generation' - my initial thoughts on this were semi-facitious responses to earlier comments about my generation 'abandoning' folk music in general and clubs in particular. I'm not really grandiose enough to speak for anyone but myself, honest! Although I do know I'm far from alone in my opinions...