late 1984, aged 33 (late developer) - at Darwin's Gun Turret folk nights, all mic'd :

The Furze Field
Too Much of a Good Thing
(both with a friend accompanying on guitar)
Then she left me all on my own (AAARRRRGGGHHH!!!) whilst I did
Me Husband's Got No Courage In Him

A month later I sang :
The Bitter Withy
The Generous Lover
Lassie With the Yellow Coatie
all a cappella, this time.

: the sick feeling and the self consciousness and the knee trembling, before and during solo singing, have never left me, but the urge to sing has always been just that bit stronger!!!

I prefer duo or harmony group singing really - I can relax more - words are harder to remember now, but I can laugh and joke more about everything and really quite enjoy it all!!

[ Oh, I wasn't gonna mention the time, at aged 9, when I was made to get up and sing solo in front of the school class : "Early One Morning" - the humiliation I felt was such that I never sang solo again, in public, until 24 years later!!!!!! Ah, School Daze ...]

Cheers! R-J