in Vic's they do the first half support and floorsingers do the second half.
not a good policy, the whole point of a resident band[imo]is flexibilty, to be there to step in and bring the evening up if a floor singer is having an off night.
A prime example was Skinners Rats who ran Farningham folk club, which was in my opinion a much better club than Vic Smiths club, and I have been booked at both, Farningham was a great club, they even booked Stephane Grappeli, but part of what made it as a club were Skinners Rats