Captain Birdseye

I have never stopped anyone from singing anything in a folk club,so please dont try and make me into some kind of folk police.

Dick, read your own posts. You have laid the law down in no uncertain terms several times in this thread that the only music that should be performed in folk clubs is folk music. You have stated clearly that Lennon/McCartney songs are not folk songs and should not be performed in folk clubs because they are not what the audience expect.

what you have written is a personal attack on my reputation.

I am sorry to have caused offence. Put it down to my frustration at your continued evasiveness and refusal to give a clear answer to an honest question.

You said earlier -

my point is that we have to have accurate labels,so that an audience knows what to expect.

I agree nothing is black and white but somewhere there has to be demarcation lines.

Give me accurate labels for contemporary folk songs. Show me the demarcation lines between folk and non-folk contemporary songs.

whatever I choose isn't good enough.

John Connolly is a friend of mine, I consider him to be a good songwriter,and a polished performer.

I heartily agree. We are more than happy to book him (we have) to sing his songs the way he wants to sing them rather than how they've been folk processed by anyone else.