In early days of going to folk clubs the ones some would consider "Bad*" where the old blokes straight off the farm or out of the village Smithy.

Where would we be if the organizers said "low calibre - can't sing here". We would have lost the genuine traditional songs they often brought with them and at the very least the authentic singing style which some organizers would die for to hear now.

Luckily organisers tendy to swoon when they discovered these chaps were not beginers/perpetual beginners - but instead the real thing! But it does highlight a bit of hypocracy.

I'll include a lyric when I get a bit longer on the internet which makes the point.

Ian Fyvie