It also depends on who is listening and what you are playing. If you are playing "Segovia" type guitar, there is really no "here comes a solo" spot because it is ALL solo.

Also factor in picking your material to fit what you do. Without toys or backing tracks, you have one guitar and one voice, so don't do "Seven Bridges Road".

Anymore I play so badly that I have to use the generated tracks. The arthritis is just so bad I can't grip a guitar neck properly and my fingers are so sore that my keyboard range and speed has been greatly diminished over the last 4 years. If I tried to play a completely solo acoustic type act it would be awful.

I know many people here who do solo acts. One uses home recorded full band. One uses just a drum machine. And one uses nothing but her voice and her piano. Each of them makes it clear what they do when they book, and all of them have live recording DVDs to present. And there are many more that are various levels of all of the above.

Boils down to the listener's ear I think. For my ear, I don't like solo guitar guys because if they do a solo there is no rhythm behind them (obviously) and as good as the solo can be, it's bland and boring to me to hear just a solo guitar. But that's just me, the guy who thinks music is defined by what AWB and Tower of Power did/do. Someone mentioned Tommy Emmanuel. He does what he does very well, but I'd be asleep by the 4th song. Give me TOP with that 5 piece horn section and driving beat any time. Again, that's me and I think I am in a HUGE minority because my tastes reflect the fact that I play and I came up with a certain kind of music. At 62 most "normal" people wouldn't like what I like. All of use here in the forums are at a different level from the people who wear the white belt and shoes and view entertainment as a quiet, relaxing night to sip champagne at the marina while the jazz trio plays. When I go hear music I want to feel it against my chest and suddenly notice that my feet are tapping. You can't listen to AWB and not feel the urge to move, and that's my taste.