I love live music...I love recorded music, too...cause then I get to know the songs...but it does not take a candle to the real deal....There is a sort of chemistry between the performers and the audience that creates a certian type of magic...I have seen thousands of people singing along and dancing to Chuck Berry....I have heard hundreds sing accompanied only by Peter Yarrow's guitar....I have seen folks stand in line for Jez Lowe's autograph...especially since most of them (me included) had never heard him before...only about him....I have seen Andy M. Stewart and Gerry O'Beirne mingle with the crowd before and after and in between sets....There is a sort of magic to it...a kind of magic that is addicting...and that is what I like about being up there on the stage...singing or reciting to people....more addicting than any drug I have ever tried....and more fun too....