The people you come across can make you shake your head. I must say that I've done a few of these things in this thread. Namely playing only music I wanted to hear because I refused to play Jimmy Buffett or Modern Country or whatever was too popular
. That said, I was a young man and people did like us and we played hundreds of paying gigs playing mostly obscure Neil Young, Grateful Dead, and Allman Bros tunes. Now I'm not so picky. I play in a band with my brother and Dad and long-time friend and those are occasional (6-10 per year).
Nowadays I'm not so picky about what I play. I've even played the trifecta: Brown-Eyed Girl, Mustang Sally, and Sweet Home Alabama (together with Werewolves of London, but still). I still refuse to play Wagon Wheel.