well i'm not anti the long ballads. or anything really. got to admit if someone did Tam Linn followed by Desolation Row, i'd get a bit pissed off.

i just want folk clubs to be inclusive. i think the thing is however -if you take on a big song. it is a committment. i will not be entertained by someoneplaying an irritating samey chord arpeggio for twelve or fifteen minutes, or reading the words to me. if i want to read the bloody words i can do it myself.

a song - short or long - modern or traditional - is a compressed and passionate statement. if you don't embrace the challenge performing it properly - find something you can commmit to - gardening perhaps, or car maintenance.