WHAT I SING
I am basically a ballad-singer who has learned enough guitar-plunking not to have to be dependent on the kindness of strangers. I sing whatever strikes my fancy. Criteria for fancy-striking seem to be a combination of a good story and an interesting tune.
I am of the generation of singers who, the first song we practiced the chords to when we got our first guitars was "Puff the Magic Dragon. "The first song I can consciously recall learning was "How Much is That Doggy in the Window". I also warbled along with Jo Stafford ("Shrimpboats"), Doris Day ("Secret Love") and Hank Williams ("Kawliga") around that time. Does this date me too conspicuously?
WHERE I SING
Science Fiction conventions, mostly, these days. I've dropped in and out on the local Folk music scene for 20+ years now, but have yet to find a venue that doesn't react poorly when I toss in a filk song. At SF filks, by contrast, I can sing anything I feel like, presuming the general mood is appropriate. Recently I've tried busking in the local Farmers' Market durng the warm months. Made a whole $15 over the course of the summer.
WHO I SING
Julia Ecklar / Leslie Fish / Martha Keller / Rudyard Kipling / Peter, Paul, and Mary / Stan Rogers / Pete Seeger / Simon and Garfunkel / Fred Small / and "one-hit wonders" too numerous to recall