yes, all the best, jack.
however,when I went to see a GP recently,she gave me completely the wrong advice about gout,put your foot up she said.
completely wrong,you need to try and move the joint ifits possible get the uric acid crystallisations off the joints .
Jack,I would get a second or third medical opinion
Howard,I do not think the word folk song is a judgement,the judgement is in the minds of collectors,who reject something if the singer owns up to having composed it ,but gladly accept it if the singer says he learned it from his grandad.
``What I don't understand is your apparent need to justify performing other songs by redefining them as "folk songs"``quote hcj Jones.
I dont Howard,I rarely perform anything other than trad songs,if I perform someone else song, I dont use the term folk song,I just credit the composer and give some background.
my point is that this term[folk song ]is not needed,certainly when introducing songs,neither should it be criteria for collectors.
I am saying that too much emphasis is given to the importance of the folk process,by collectors and all sorts of other people,none of us can define a folk song,and your attempt to define it by emphasising [THE FOLK PROCESS]is a fault ridden as the Sanfrancisco fault line.