Basically yours is the Humpty Dumpty Definition Joe "Folk Music is whatever I say it is"
Unfortunately, life, or language, isn't like that - not if we are going to communicate with one another
This discussion involves a minute handful of people, jut as the club scene in general represents a larger minority of people who are and have been involved in folk music in the past
The vast majority walked away from the scene because it ceased to live put to its description
THat doesn't mean they just forgot everything they learned or stopped liking folk music
So whichever way you cut it, as much as people bluster about being in the majority, you and yours are very much the opposite
The sad tng is that you have driven away far, far more than you have ben able to attract to your..... whatever you call it
The old crowd has suffered from the takeover and the future of folk music (as documented) has been put into jeopardy
I think Walterr Pardon's being driven to another thread that has now been closed symbolises the position perfectly
THe sgggestion that Walter's position be formalised has been made in the form of creating a permathread where all source singers be kept out of harms way so they don't clutter tp discussions on today's scene
These are the fact that people refuse even to discuss, let alone, do something about
Jim