Sorry, but—

I have sung in concert halls, coffeehouses, on television, occasionally at hospitals and retirement homes, at folk festivals, at song circles, at dozens of house concerts, and at open mikes. And maybe thousands of "hootenannies" (a few, public multi-performer concerts, but mostly unstructured "free-for-alls" in somebody's living room).   At one event, I sang to an audience of 6,000. (With that many people in an outdoor venue, applause is a bit eerie—it sounds like surf.)

The vast majority of the songs I sing are folk songs, certified and ordained by people such as the Lomaxes, Child, Sharp, Sandberg, and other collectors. I do sing a few songs, such as two poems that friends of mine have set to music, and the occasional song like "Copper Kettle," written by Ed Beddow for a "folk opera."

I have never performed in a "folk club." And from what I read here, I don't think I ever want to.

NO ONE is going to tell me what I can and cannot sing.

Don Firth