Wordy: That's a great description you gave. And apart from the bits about "young" and "untold years ahead", nothing else changes over the years, really, does it ? Or, at least, with a positive approach to life, nothing needs to have changed and it doesn't have to be just a memory !

Attractiveness, charm, charisma are hard to define, and are "in the eye of the beholder" to a large extent - but I would say that of course they play a part in any performance, or in any human encounter.

To go back to "best thing seen at a folk club": I saw Pete Morton perform at a folk club this week. He does just happen to be (to my eyes/mind/etc. anyway) an attractive, charming man: but the best thing of all was seeing him get a whole hall full of people singing "Knock, knock, knockin' on Heaven's Door" in Chaucerian Middle English. Priceless. That man has won my heart.

- jeanie :)