As as general rule, I prefer a mixture of old and new and I do like to hear a few songs that are familiar to me but I agree that quality is more important and there have contless songs and tunes that are new to me (even though some of them may have been around for years) that I loved from the first time I have heard them.

I think with new material, my biggest dislke has been a particular breed of singer/ song writer /guitar player that I have encountered many times over the years in folk clubs. I don't know what it is about them but I have known many of them just seem to come up with a varient of the same old song to slit your wrists by dirge. And then follow it with another...

Jon

Jon