I have just spent 4 hours playing in a local club. As a soloist I may add, but I got so many people playing, and joining in and generally being part of a musical evening, I actually felt quite pleased with myself, NOT BECAUUSE OF WHAT I DID BUT BECAUSE I INVOLVED THE AUDIENCE. I then come home and find an argument on Mudcat about whether we are Duffers. GOOD. I probably am. But I am still doing the job. If GUEST has an argument with that, then fair play. He(She) may not be wrong. However, I seem to have some like-minded souls on Mudcat, and it is my privilege to communicate with them. Hopefully I will meet them at some festival or other during the year. Pat Cooksey, a friend of mine with whom I played for many years, has found it necessary to to say that there is a certain attitude from certain guests that he finds distasteful. I agree with him, but what matters is whether we share the music or not. This is what it is about, and not whether we are UK or USA or wherever Mudcatters. Let's play music together, let us share what we know, and let us stop this bickering. Regards, Dave Benett