And another thing...

I do believe people to be more important than what type of songs they sing. In this sense folk is simply the people who turn up a the end of a hard working week to share a few songs in good company. I go to Folk Clubs as much for the crack & the banter as I do for the music. I'd even go so far as to say, no crack, no good, BUT rarely have I come across such a club - maybe once, naming no names, but the occasion was marred when I complemented one guy at the bar and he took this as a cue to try and sell me his CD-R.