>>>I don't like to see artists become "stars". I understand why it happens the way it does, but I seldom like the outcome.
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>>Well said. For example, is it even possible to keep singing the blues if you're pulling in $X million per year? < g >
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>Martin Mull had a great upper middleclass blues singer routine
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>"Woke up this mornin'
>both cars were gone
>I got so down and lonesome
>threw my drink across the lawn "

Or Syd Barrett's "Bob Dylan blues" (if I got the title right)

BTW, I may agree with capital punishment if it applies to anyone who writes another "I woke up this mornin'" song.