I will defer to everyone on money questions and all, having not played the streets for quite a long while--but Bonnie, the evening gown and mink are a great idea--It gives people something to talk about when they get home!!!!

For me, being out on the street was about connecting with people, having fun, and making them have fun--I always tried to hook people in--I used to make up verses about the people who walked by, or I'd ask people things about themselves, and put them in to songs--If there were others playing, I always tried to do something different so that I'd be remembered--

The best thing was to do that back and forth thing that the old blues guys used to do, which is to get across from someone and try to show each other up--with put downs, stealling each others songs, and all kinds of show off stuff--the trick being that you are really working the audience together--

My last street performance was somewhat spontaneous--some mumber of years ago I was in SF and waiting in the rain with the crowd for the cable car at Fisherman's Wharf--there were a number of people taking turns playing, but the response was nil, and the performer was making nasty remarks about the crowd's indifference--He took a break and was covering his equipment, so I just popped out into the center took off my hat, and sang "April Showers", then turned it into a sing-a-long--I gave my tips to Ol' Sourpuss--