In any folk circle, there are favorites that get booked over and over again. I know of festivals where the same performer has hosted the same workshop for at least twenty years. If you're not in that circle, it's frustrating... assuming you want to be in such a closed circle. But if you're in the circle, that may not seem so bad. At least you get booked every year. But in the long run, it gets boring. Same old same old. I like to hear "new" people, and I like to get pushed to grow a little. Rick Nelson's Garden Party dealt with that pretty well, I thought. But, if folk circles can get insular, so can audiences. I've seen that, trying to book a concert series. There are some audience members who only want to hear the same little group of singers do pretty much the same sets, year after year. But then, if the folk music world was built upon change, I guess there wouldn't be many songs that have been carried on through the years.. Can't win for losin'. The best thing to do is never take it personally..:-)

Jerry