The first 'guests' I saw at a folk club were Hilary and I think Joan. The Jug of Punch, Princess Hotel, Ellesmere Port, 1964. I had seen loads of rock bands in Ellesmere Port Civic Hall, including the Beatles, October '62 and I had been to The Cavern loads of times. But the experience of sitting about two yards from two young women who simply opened their mouths and sang interesting songs with great tunes was literally life changing.

The experience of being in small rooms and listening to people sing with out amplification is very special and I think that links us all to the people who kept songs alive for hundreds of years in small rooms across mostly rural England.

We do it because it feels good, the songs and tunes work in this situation and I think it will survive.

L in C#
And I also like enjoy load bangy music but that is a bit different