I think the same thing obtains nowadays Mike. A lot of the people who are into folk clubs simply have nowhere else to go musically.

The commercial music marketplace is a harsh place, with harsh disciplines for the unprepared, undetermined and unwary. The hearth and home nowadays is usually the province of the strictly come X factor celebrity twaddle.

Folkmusic is the spiritual home for the awkward squad, and the talent and originality of the practitioners of this black art is occasionally stunning.