...and just remembered. Relevant to this off shoot and the earlier discussions. One of the best music sessions I ever came across was in the Crescent pub. We had been invited to a cultural exchange type event at the old Lowry gallery on the Crescent. It was a pretty staid affair with performers from all over Europe having only the commonality of being recent immigrants to Salford. Polite applause and nothing too exciting going on. We made our excuses after a couple of hours and went across the road to the Crescent - A very quirky place at the best of times. Shortly after various musicians came in and sought permission to play, which they got. It was brilliant. Can't remember were they were all from but I recall a Bosnian fiddle player and a Lithuanian guitarist who had never met before playing a set of tunes that you would have thought they had practiced for years! Mind you, the beer was very good in the Crescent and that may have coloured our opinions as well :-)