Aye - fair enough, Al. Like I said earlier he was bang out of order but I am not sure what the point is, other than to serve as reminder about manners. What I am about to ad probably belongs on another thread but there are people like that in all walks of life. You were treated badly for singing modern songs in a folk club. Ever tried singing an unaccompanied folk song at an open mic evening? I have and was treated with similar disdain. Folk clubs are not the sole hunting ground of the lesser spotted dick-head unfortunately.

As to trad vs modern. I don't see it as contest. There are more contemporary singer songwriters about than trad singers, I think. I can name at least a half dozen singer songwriters that have been on at our club and only two trad acts - and you know one of them very well as well. Most of our booked guests however do a splendid mixture of trad and contemporary. I don't think many people have any complaints about the ammount of choice.

Cheers

DeG
PS - Off to the Brimmo thread - see you there:-)