Oh, I see now - the Ideal floorsinger...

Time was I couldn't take folk music entirely straight, an approach to such matters which served as a suitable enrichment to the proceedings, though might have increased the general bafflement invariably attending my own contributions from the invariable more conservative-than-I audience. Long time since now though; last time I smoked anything stronger than tobacco was maybe 1991, and I managed to kick that on my 40th birthday (August 22nd 2001). But yes, it was Ideal for a time - communion with the inner demons that still might surface, depending on the choice of song of course, or beer. Maybe this links back to death of Folk Clubs thread because, try as I might, I still can't take folk music entirely sober; there is a particular portal that might open through which we pass to glimpse other levels of actuality, for such is the potency of Traditional Song, which is, of course, such a large part of its appeal.