I don't happen to live near Parkersburg, West Virginia, which is too bad because it sure would be fun to attend one of John Radcliff's songpull events wherein a bunch of songwriters sit in a circle and "pull" the guitar along from person to person, each playing a new song of theirs. I do think songpulls are a great intimate vehicle for songwriters to share, a little less formal, more democratic and perhaps more qualitatively consistent than a songwriter's association critique. If you have the ability to organize one, by all means consider it. John adds some value by videotaping a short interview with each songwriter and then uploading these to the web for dissemination and archival purposes.
Speaking of songpulls, I was listening to a Music Business Radio podcast with illustrious Ken Mansfield (former US manager of Apple Records) who described an evening at George Harrison's L.A. home that turned out to be the ultimate impromptu songpull with George followed by Eric Clapton, then Jack Casady, and lastly Donovan, after which no more could be said or played.
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