Actually I was referring to you Elmore. It just seemed one of those ridiculous sweeping statements, I suspected a bit of a wind up. I do own songs and covers. But most covers, if not all ,are old time Country and Irish trad. There are very few people doing the ones I do and in 99% of cases the original artists are long departed, many of the songs almost forgotten. But I would agree there are a lot of folk just doin bland covers/copies of 'popular' songe. I.E If I hear another bland Copy of the awful Hotel California or The Lakes Of Ponchertrain, I'll wrap my guitar round the offenders neck! They are not just over done but done to death. It's one thing to follow the fine Folk tradition of keeping the songs alive, enother thing entirely to make the audience heart sink and whisper "not that bloody song again" You know who you are!