None of what's listed above says a real folksinger has to be stupid about what money he gets or getting what money he can. I doubt anyone would argue that Pete Seeger was not a "real folksinger" -- or even Bobby Dylan for all the showbusiness he's gotten sucked into. And a real folksinger remains a folksinger when he has a day job and when he doesn't, in my humble experience. I have had to earn a few meals playing, and I wouldn't want to have to depend on it completely but was glad to do it when I had to.

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