Jon is a very entertaining talker - his "meet the" at Broadstairs a couple of years back was very lively. I have been dining out on his comment about the age and tuning issues of his hurdy-gurdy ever since.

If we are broadening the thread top general advice to folksong-singers who are starting out on a possible career, I don't think a certain disparity between stage apearance and musical presentation has harmed a certain Causley very much.

But despite Vin Garbutt's eloquent narrative, I would suggest that it is possible to talk too much - as well as too little.