Richard ,but that is not what I am saying is it?
I am saying that club organisers,have a right to decide who sings in their club,they have an audience, they know their audience,they are the ones who have to pay the guest at the end of the evening,if they think a performer is going to have a negative effect over a period of time,thus making their club less successful,they have a right if they are financing the club themselves,to not let someone sing.
I have run folk clubs,in the past,and I can honestly say,I have never refused a singer a spot,but maybe I was lucky,or maybe in those days standards were higher.I can remember some very good floor singers who went on to higher things.,or who were established at that time but still did spots.
Pete Castle,Dave Walters,Julia Clifford,Steve Turner,DaveBryant spring to mind.
I do not wish to tell people whether they are good enough or not[which is why I dont run a club anymore]neither do I find it pleasant that other people have to do so.
but a club organiser has a right to decide who sings at his/ her club and that also includes their right to decide what guests they book,and other matters of club policy,including singing from scripts,that is up to club organisers not me,which is why I never say anything about songreaders when I am guesting at a club,it is not my business to comment on a club,providing they pay me at the end of the night.
my job as a guest is to provide a professional performance.
I am entitled to have an opinion here on Mudcat,without being called conceited etc.