I do try and do all that, I recall Nic Jones proposing it as a way to get the guitar 'separate' from the song delivery but even so.... first time out can be so unpredictable.

I feel maybe theres a mind set you need to be in to get all the 'bits' together when you actually stand up. I know I can still be intimidated by the presence of certain people at a singaround or the 'new bloke' that may be brilliant when he gets up. Strangely it all works fine when trying out a new session where I am the 'new bloke'.

All adds to this wonderful experience of making a song 'yours' and doing it justice. Taken two years to get from a blushing beginnning to my first compliment. Bless the long suffering club members and audiences during this period.

Al