hey, there's nothing wrong with being young and bright and pleasant. I possessed at least one of those qualities once!

I'm not even suggesting there's a bias towards the young and good-looking in folk - if anything it's a lot less than anywhere else, if you look at folk club programmes.

I'm just saying that, if you are young and bright and pleasant, and can play the acoustic guitar half decently, the folk scene looks to me like a much less steep playing field than the rock or pop one.