Your experience is similar to mine last Sunday. The session in the Hotel lobby here has been going on for years, and one would think that the Sunday right before St. Patrick's Day would have an appreciative, engaged audience. It did last year. But Noooo.....that night was the first time I actually heard a disgruntled voice coming from the bar say, 'hey, how about some country music?' (which country?) I really wanted to be able to sing, but the loud talking groups were just too much to compete with. Sometimes even the group (about 20 of us) playing tunes was drowned out. We did a few loud sing-alongs just to do some songs, but it was a really poor St.Pat's session experience for me. alice, mt