I would rather ask Jim and Dick whether our interpretation of song is ok

The song or the singer?

There are two ends of this.

The song is THE THING.

Regardless of the performance

Or does interpretation matter?

As I said we'll go and sing this tomorrow - to a NON folk audience. They will appreciate the craft of the singing and playing.

So are we harming the song that we care about performance?

It's there I get confused.

When my friend does his listen to Walter Pardon thing - I listen for the song rather than the performance.

Much like in the early 60s I used to listen to proper blues.

Is this a purely folk thing or can we talk abuut blues?