Marion,

90% of life is just showing up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That said, I didn't have a car until I could afford one. Grayhounds were doable----but just barely. It helped to be young and into the romance of the grail quest that playing my music was.

That said too, a car was essential--later. The trunk was a necessity to keep instruments hidden when you were in dangerous places.

The FREEDOM of a car cannot be calculated. The freedom to explore on the off days (of which there are many) between gigs. The freedom to take your own P.A. system. The freedom of not needing to get a ride everywhere or to the farm house you are being put up within to save motel fees.

Thna there is also the freedom to have breakdowns and blown alternators at 4:00 AM while trying to get from a gig in New York to one the next day in Southern Indiana.

Ah, nostalgia.

Answer: No, you don't need one. But you'll burn out MUCH QUICKER if you don't have one.

Art Thieme