I have just wiped out several paragraphs cos, cos, pointless diatribe.
I give in.

I can't shake off vested self interest, if the landlord at the Tap & Spile was asked to stump up £7.50 a session we would be out on our ears, the pub is always packed on Friday nights and a fair few of them are slow drinking musicians, if they were not there it would be heaving with people in for drinking. If truth be known he is actually losing money and many of the regulars barely tolerate us for being there, some don't come in on Friday nights because we are there, so the argument about attracting extra business is bollocks, sad fact is if he turned the juke box on and up a couple of notches he would get more people in spending money necking booze instead of people taking a sip between tunes and songs.