This thread, by the way is NOT Titled "How come I can't make a good living making folk music?" If you want a thread like that it could also be "How Come I Can't Make A Good Living playing jazz/classical music/opera/blues. Very few musicians make a good living just playing music. Even the finest, like Dave Van Ronk taught lessons to keep a steady income. See how good a living Eminem is making when he plays the Starlight Lounge at a Howard Johnsons in another twenty years to the Walker Set. It's only a small handful who shine brightly enough (commercially) to really make a good living, playing any kind of music.. especially folk music. Tal Farlow.. perhaps the most brilliant of all American jazz guitarists worked as a sign painter.

Bringing up the whole issue of whether you can support a family comfortably just confuses the issue.

What else would you expect from a Guest?

Jerry