GUEST KB, I know exactly what you mean. There is a performer who comes to my favorite Pub probably four times a year, and performs Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights. He has been coming to this Pub for at least seven or eight years. He hasn't performed one new song in any set during that time. One knows when he finishes one song, what the next song is going to be. He is not a great singer, but is a great performer. He attracts a large crowd of college age kids because he is raucous, and does a masterful job of selling beer. Therefore, management loves him.

"Finnigan's Wake," is one of the crowd favorites. Anyone who claps in the wrong place is cajoled into chugaluging his/her drink. The kids love it.

I like the guy personally, but I never listen to his sets anymore. I wait for the better singers, like Bill Craig from Canada, to come to the Dubliner and he'll be there this weekend!

DougR