Why did LC start singing?
Kyle Wilson (ksw@cs.odu.edu): He says on the “Bird on a wire” videotape that he got into singing because he was broke and thought it would be a way to make some quick cash. James Blackburn (blackbur@mcmail.cis.mcmaster.ca): Actually, there are several versions of the story of how he went from noted poet to “folk”singer. Most involve his recognition that poets are doomed to starve in garrets whereas people who record record albums…well, just look at that Kris Kristofferson 😉 My favourite part of the story, as he told it once, was that he told his woman of the time (Marianne) his decision to start singing and that her reaction was “Please don’t”!
