One of my favorite songwriter/singers has a bumper sticker that reads, "you can't be a folksinger if you don't have a second job". Myself, I'm pooooor! Can You belive there are hardly any paying gigs in Newport RI? At our Thursday night open mikes, we get the most wellknown and well respected musicians all singing for the simple love of it. The folk image to me, is people who will share their songs, and allow others into the game. All for free and all for fun. Now I ain't no ethnomusicologist or nothing, I'm just a 9th grade dropout with a GED and I say we should all just quit analyzing and DO IT!
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