Thanks again for the kind welcome, which probably accounts for the warm glow I'm feeling (either that or I've wet myself)

To answer Greg's question, my favourite material is the rural stuff, as I'm a Dalesman. The artists I love most are Tony Rose, Mr Fox, Chris Foster, Roy Harris, Pete & Chris Coe, Shirley Collins, John Kirkpatrick & Sue Harris, The Watersons, Martin Carthy and the Dransfields. If this seems like rather a vintage list that's no coincidence- I was too young to experience the folk revival, so deliberately started there in my retrospective dabblings

I sing and play bass guitar in a rock band, but have never performed folk (yet). And I don't possess either a bald head nor a large tummy. I do like real ale, though, so I'm not letting the side down entirely