Lately I have been calling myself a floksinger out of convenience. It is a convenient label for audiences to hang on me since they are going to immediately come to that conclusion the instant I walk on stage toting my accousitc guitar. OK, fine with me.

I'd say about half of my material is public domain, and the other half is original. Does that make some one like me a folk singer? I don't know, and I don't really care, since the whole point is the song not the label. If the promoter, the listener, or the radio DJ needs to label me folk so they'll have a place to file my record in the library, then I can live with the label, whether it is technically accurate, or not. Certainly the Smithsonian, or the Library of Congress, wouldn't consider me folk. That suits me fine, too. Meanwhile, back at the ol' Bar S, I have guitar to practice and another show to get ready for.
Jim