ABSTRACT
All popular music has many traditions deriving from the preceding past, however there has not and will not transpire one specific language to deal with such issues. The folk scene is viewed from within as representing an almost architectural halt to the spreading of mediocrity brought about by musical melting pots. Scenes variegate and are problematic to record; indeed discourse-related investigations usually break down idealized concepts of 'scenes'. Concurrent with the establishment of both the Spinners and the Calton clubs was the Howff in Widnes town centre a short bus or train ride away from Liverpool. The Bothy Club effectively began in Liverpool in 1964. Four people: Tony Wilson, Stan Ambrose, Dave Boardman and Christine Jones came together in order to run a folk club locally but with a difference. The multitude of soundtracks that came to represent Liverpool's folk music 'scene' cannot all be recorded.
