A 2013 online survey by the Future of Music Coalition and the Artists’ Health Insurance Resource Center found that 43 percent of American artists - from musicians to dancers and visual artists - lack health insurance. Most musicians can’t live off the money they make playing music and take part-time jobs. The Johnny Brenda’s staff is “full of musicians” working part time in the kitchen and behind the bar, and serving tables, Mungan said.

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