Both Utah Phillips and Dave Van Ronk's points are well taken. From the sixties/seventies onwards, the term "singer/songwriter" was used by the media and record companies to endow a sort of untouchable mystique upon their protegés. Rather than let the usual blather about this break out on Mudcat, I think it would make more sense for us to take it as given that we, as grown ups, have seen through this nonsense.