OK, fair enough. My world is different than yours. In my world, folks running a session, where it is advertised that folks should bring an instrument and join in, means that a classy person (that is a gender and age neutral term) who is running the session would try to make all welcome.

As to my comment about Toronto and Nashville, it wasn't designed to indicate anything about me, other than I have been around players that are very good, and their attitudes towards others that are not at their level of developement have a much greater level of graciousness than what I see from these folks here. I am not worried about what you think of me, you see, because when you all fall on your arses because you aren't getting your due, these players will still be getting paid to perform. So go ahead and run your mouths, but most of you will be a memory on the music scene when the folks I am speaking of will still be drawing a check.

Based on what I see here, Charley is very likely being over sensitive. If he has the level of exposure to the scene that his posts indicate, he should understand we see young turks come and go all the time. They are flashy, but never mature. Their stock in trade is to belittle, be flashy and then disappear. Good riddance. A few will last, and usually learn the lessons of time. Those that stay arrogant usually flash brightly, then turn into to hard bitten people bemoaning why folks don't see their talent.

That is the way of folk. It is bigger than the performers, will be here when the know it alls are gone, and emerge when needed to hook another generation.

So fire away, young folks. Just don't get too anxious when some of us don't get all that jaundiced.

And keep playing the music. It will teach you humility.

Mick