Jack,

I wasn't really putting Peggy Seeger on a pedestal, it just happens that she will be performing next season. She is pretty good, but then again she ought to be. This place is THE place in this area.

I am not going to mention the acts that I think were poor. I don't think it's fair to put down individual acts, and I've forgotten most of them anyway.

I do think that we should be critical of the music that we hear, and it's ok to say that 'I liked this' and 'I didn't like that'.
There is (and probably always has been) a lot of crap turned out by songwriters, I know 'cos I write songs. But there are clubs and coffee houses and bars that cater for us lesser folks.

So I think the point is that when I go to a 'Concert' I expect to hear better stuff than I would hear at a singer/songwriters club.
As KingBrilliant says "even I could do better than that.....". That's exactly what I mean, "I", with my limited ability, should not come away from a concert thinking that. I will not accept mediocre performances when there's 'Songbobs' and others out there who....
Sing of hard times, sing of wars,
Of drink and work and bars and whores;

The good stuff is out there and I want to hear it. That's why I'm helping Max make OUR OWN CDs available.
So all you Mudcateers who've got CDs email me at albert.hansell@bentley.com.

I promise "I" won't be the one reviewing your work. I'm just helping Max gather the data. Anyway, if you're Mudcateers you MUST be good.

Bert.