Marje. If you read what I put you will see that I do not disagree with you.   I commented earlier on the subject matter. But my later comments were challenging the absurd notion put forward by Jim Carroll that sharing and entertaining are not the same thing.

If you sing in front of others and don't wonder if you are entertaining or not, you really should be asking if your efforts are having the desired effect.

A semi professional singer I used to know played on his age and background claiming the songs he sung were learned at his mother's knee. People used to tape him and have their Lomax moment. Of course it was entertainment! What he didn't get from Martin Carthy albums he learned from me, and I got them from A L Lloyd tapes....

You can tell a story by speaking it, writing a book or putting it to music. But the story is the story and the music remains entertainment.