After months of practicing and building a repetoire of celic music, I have been asked to perform at various social and political functions in the area. I have searched in vain for any musicians in the area to accompany me. No one seems to favor this style of music. Besides that, the few local people who call themselves musicians would not know the difference between a major chord and an extension cord! My delimma is: Should I play fiddle solo and feel uncomfortable or record and play my own backup music and do my best to convince myself that this IS'NT Karaoke (which in my opinion is a CANCER that strikes and kills LIVE music. My backup recording would involve me playing a bodhran, a guitar, and a 4 string banjo. At least it would be me playing on the backup CD! What would you do?