Hiya Steve: As I said, you are a fine fellow, and there is not any kind of evil intent on your part, but ask yourself about this whole "guest artist" stuff. This thread is about cliques, and the fact is the new york folk scene is a serries of cliques, from the Irish sessions to all the rest, that is just the way it is, as to not responding to your PM, there was not much to say. As you may note from other posts, I have not been on line much this past few weeks, I have been attending to the death of a friend, and having a bit of trouble typing from a biopsy on one of my playing fingers.
Look, I am just inviting folks to look at the Woody Guthery memorial threads and ask how they'd feel if they were me, is there a clique, judge for yourself. As to a mafia, well, that is more the record companys, no hard feelings, lots of thanks, but face it, there IS and ARE cliques.
CHeers, and for folks who didn't go last year, I highly endorce the Woody event...
Larry