This thread is of great interest to me as I have been working with Luke Brown aka Monktyon Wyld who is now on the acoustic folk circuit for a year on various aspects of his voice - guitar playing etc. See his stuff on Soundcloud. Needless to say I like it a lot. To me going to a venue and paying over my dosh I want to be entertained, if someone can do this with their own material for two good sets. Good luck to them. BUT singer songwriter takes in a lot of territory. George, needed Ira Gershwin to write his lyrics. Rodgers used Hammerstein and Lorenz Hart ditto. So. someone who can do good interesting lyrics and good tunes is a really good writer and performing as well. In modern parlance a big ask. Cyril Tawney yes but others definitely not