Herga Kitty

The point of Jeff's talk was not to not do your own version (if that makes sense). The point of the imitation was to understand what the traditional singers were doing before doing your own thing. It's the same as classical musicians or jazz musicians listening to and copying earlier players and imitating them to learn how great players treated the material, as a precursor to making your own treatment. I'm sure Jeff wouldn't want anyone to spend their life being a Frank Profitt tribute (one-person) band. (Though it wouldn't be the first time I've heard a singer in a folk club and known immediately which singer a singer has taken a song from - it takes time to distance yourself from your source and develop you own voice).

Mick