Paddywack, well said in your last post.

The passersby are difficult to stop and so it does take a certain flair either in your performance style, ability on your given instrument, personal charisma, overall appearance, mostly on your act or as you put it, your reaction to the many responses of those who do stop.

I had an opportunity to work with a young woman who oozed such a sexual aura that it was near impossible for any guy to resist and even other women were attracted by it. The way she dressed, wore her hair and make-up but most of all the way she played and sang with unusual traditional blues/jazz/jugband songs. I was a feast for the eyes and the ears.

I still have dreams. I'm gonna go hose myself down with the garden hose now.