Dave, do not take issue with me, take issue with those within your world who have, for so long, ruled over it.

Take issue with the bloke on BBC Radio Devon the other day, who was saying exactly the same thing. I can't recall his name, but hey, ring up, or emails Judi Spiers, as he was talking to her about it, saying that backalong he and Mike Harding used to play so many of the folk clubs, what good fun everyone had, how all music was acceptable, then, so many of the clubs were taken over by folks who started demanding this and that of their performers, whilst totally excluding the very folks who'd kept the circuit going...He was really miffed about it all...saying they were horrible people who'd taken over...

I've had more than a taste of those folks myself. Obviously, you weren't on the BBC board back then, else you'd have seen it all...and even the BBC called it a Witch Hunt. Extraordinary..and all because I loved the *wrong* kind of music..

Also, the BBC board had been 'taken over' by traddies, who were fuming that I dared to talk about Singer Songwriters and what I call the New Tradition songs...

You *know* it goes on, Dave.......so let's not bore the pants off everyone with this constant arguing..

I've said all I want to say on this matter now. If folks want to put some more links to the kind of folk music they like, that's fine, that's what this thread is about, to be honest....My first post was short and sweet...It was NOT about saying you couldn't listen to this or that...merely WIDENING the horizons...

Get over it...PLEASE!