Banjiman

That's Tom Bliss and John Kelly you've issued veiled "you'll never work again (or not in my club)" threats too

I have done no such thing. Apart from anything else, I do not do the club bookings. I do have input, of course, but we are a committee of ten, all with strong opinions of their own.

For reasons that go beyond this thread, Tom is unlikely to ask us for a booking. I would quite like to book John Kelly from what I've heard about him. He does occasionally say things about the folk club scene which I genuinely think are unnecessary, unjustified and unwise and I think I have a right to say so.

This is a "discussion" board where people throw around ideas & opinions ....... you really need to lighten up and let others express an opinion, even if it differs from your own.

But aren't I allowed to respond? In the post that apparently makes me impossible to debate with, I quoted some of Tom's words directly and used some of his own statistics to demonstrate that the people he says "resent there being such an animal as a professional folk musician" must be a very small and unimportant minority.

Where is the bullying in that?

I have said that he has made sweeping, damning and unsupported statements about the folk scene and I stand by that. Is it too much to ask him to justify those statements?