The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #138735   Message #3967300
Posted By: Dave the Gnome
19-Dec-18 - 03:48 PM
Thread Name: Do purists really exist?
Subject: RE: Do purists really exist?
Jim. your owwn statement about going to look for folk in village halls (Still not explained)

It was explained in my previous post. In case you missed it, again, here it is.

"People can still go to folk clubs to hear 'folk songs reasonably well performed'. They can also go to concert halls, village halls, community centres, festivals, pubs, house parties, and any number of venues where they can hear the same.

Nowhere in there can it be interpreted that you cannot get good music at folk clubs. The exact reverse is the case. The concerts at other venue are not instead of, they are as well as. "

I don't know how I can make it any plainer.

Kenny. You are right of course. There is good and bad in everything. I accept that there is some bad but do not think there is a lot. I think Jim has to accept that there is some good but thinks there is not a lot of that. To put this in perspective we have had umpteen accounts of good folk clubs with plenty of evidence to back that up. We have had very few people saying things are bad and there has been no evidence to back that up at all. What are we to believe? The many who say things are fine, backed up by the media and hard evidence? Or those who say things are shite but will not back up that statement with any facts whatsoever?

I know where my vote goes!