Good answer, Dick. Still, I think some are worth more than others and prefer to leave such things as cover charge, to those whose business it really is.
Took my kid to a fast food place today and got chatting to another dad.
Turns out that he's another folkie, exact same situation as myself. i.e. 52 Y. O., has very young children and gave up the music to be home with them.
Remarkably, he and his wife have opened a cafe. She works the mornings and he, the evenings.
On Sunday nights he runs an open stage in the cafe.
Goes back to a number of the things I was saying previously.
I think there's a trend. We're not really quitting, just shifting.
p.s. The burger was excellent, the fries sucked.