"what are you doing on this thread"?
Hardly a fair comments Steve
Many of us walked out of the clubsa few decades ago because of what was happening - in terme]s of both quality and the withdrawn right to choose what type of music you wished to hear.
That doesn't mean we lost interest iin the music, nor does it mean we didn't keep in touch with what was happeing to it.
Twenty odd years ago I reduced my visits to the few folk clubs that lived up to what they promised, when I was no longer able to do that, I had to rely on the internet and arguments such as this.
Neither have convinced me that my departure so long ago was ill judged
"Just sayin'" Bryan
Jim Carroll