GUEST Santa: I very much agree that the ability to hold an audience in a pub might be setting the bar a bit too high for some styles of performer. And it all depends on the pub. Town centre Saturday night pubs nowadays, for example, are hardly the place where I would expecty any folk performer to shine. But consider a quiet pub with a nice fire burning and a few people sitting about enjoying a snug night of beer and songs or fiddle tunes, say. Now, wouldn't it a realistic question to ask: how would such-and-such a person/group go down there? It's not an absolute criterion, a shibboleth that could lead to execution if you fail: but it is a question worth considering. I would imagine the Watersons, the McPeakes or Leadbelly would go down fine in my local, or at a folk club. If they want a booking, I'll recommend them to the landlady.