That is not a criticism of jim as a singer or musician, i have had many good sessions with him
.when i run an event labelled "folk"i am of the opinion that there is so much good instrumental material that its not needed to include sam cooke with a trad tune.
oobviously playing outside the folk scene or irish pubs is a different kettle of fish , i find it sad that jim prefers to abandon the folk scene to play in places where he feels plying sam cooke with trad tunes is preferable, imo a waste of talent, but i would like to wish him all the best and thank him for all the good times we have had together in the past