Traddie always conjours a grumpy, compulsive type of person to mind and I'm always shocked how accurate such a casually drawn stereotype has become. It's changing but everso slowly and on Mudcat hardly at all.

Obviously, there are few weirdos in the traditional music scene, but the same is true of any group of people, musical or not. "Always conjours a grumpy, compulsive type"? Maybe it conjours this in you, but not in me or in any of the intelligent, well-rounded people I know who happen to play and listen to traditional folk music. Yours is a stereotype I've only encountered on Mudcat, and then only in the words of people who somehow think it's wrong to desire a working definition of a type of music.

If you encounter grumpy, compulsive people in a folk club, in a grocery store, or on the train, I encourage you to emulate me and just walk away from them without worrying at all about what they say.

John