My former partner & I were hired to play at a local VAW hall. We were hired because they wanted something different than a country band. Now I am a claw hammer banjo player who does alot of Clancy Brothers & Corries material. When I looked out at the crowd I saw alot of gray haired folks & Thought "This is great! All the grey haired folks I ever played for loved the banjo" Boy was I wrong They hated the banjo They even asked me if the only thing I played was bluegrass! This was after we did "The Rising of the Moon" And a few other Irish Numbers with no bluegrass songs what so ever! Afterwords when we spoke to them they said we were pretty good but said next time they wanted us to do some Vince Gill & other modern country. We told them "if you want a country band hire a country band don't call us cause we aren't going that direction". We haven't been back