You don't go to a restaurant and expect the Chef to be sat their reading a recipe book
Several do! - Some should! - Same meals every time I go to the restaurant about time they they got some different ones

You don't go to college or school and expect a teacher to be reading everything out of a book
Oh come on you're telling me my old history teacher actually new all that history?


You don't get in an aeroplane and expect the pilot to be reading "how to fly a plane"
OK yea! but he has got auto-pilot

When you go and watch a play you don't expect the actors to be reading there lines from a book
What about the little bloke at the front doing all the asides, and the auto cue?

SO when you go to a concert/gig you don't expect the artist/s to be reading from a songbook.
not bothered if I enjoy the concert


Because as is the case for all of the above they should be professional enough to have learnt there craft

So why is it that the Folky that has learnt his "craft" a set of songs, introductions, comments and backings is being criticised for repeats - would you do the same to the examples above?

off the the old Folkies Home now.   ;-)

PB