Yeh, yer right of course, muppett. The only bit I may have changed is the word 'majority'. Most of the folk clubs I have been in have had neither 20-versers or statues in the audience. There are a few though, unfortunately:-(

What we need to concentrate on are the section, which I think are in the majority, of excelent clubs, singarounds and sessions going that suffer as a result of the misinformed few. Instead of putting out the, in my mind, false image of arran jumpers, beer and beards (says he in his arran jumper, beer belly and beard:-) ) we ned to concentrate on the new and dynamic. There are many out there who do it. E2K have been mentioned but there are an equal number of solo local acts who are just brilliant. Without even going to the internationals like Kate and Eliza there is a plethora of talent on the circuit. Try Anthony John Clarke for one. Or Jim Malcolm. Or even, of course, Muppett:-)

Cheers

DtG
(Sorry for the thread creep Azizi - It happens here occasionaly...)