[Dixielandjazz] Simultaneous Gigs - Redux

[TCASHWIGG at aol.com]

In a message dated 7/11/03 7:26:55 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
barbonestreet at earthlink.net writes:


Try counting the number of groups around the USA performing as :

The Platters   ( To this day Hank Ballards Midnighters are performing under 
that name in Bransom, MO, and selling CDs of themselves as the Platters.

The Drifters  (A five piece vocal group that had 59 original members) 
including Ben E. King, every album released had a picture of different guys on the 
cover.

The Coasters  Any black guy that knows the words to Poison Ivy or Charlie 
Brown has a group of Coasters 

I have been lurking on this subject guys and saving all the posts, I will 
write my humble opinion shortly after reading them all very carefully.   I don't 
want to wind up with a shoe in my mouth before tasting it for flavor and 
making some of my good friends upset with my opinions until I have proper time to 
think about my replies of explanation.

I have no problem with the process, but I do find issues in the implied 
implementation of the process which no one has yet seen or addressed, nor how this 
process came about, except that a couple of famous old timers used to do it 
all the time.  Those guys were more booking agents than band leaders, and I know 
how they got that job which I will address in my dissertation.

I am certain you will find it interesting, as I have not done one of these 
lengthy posts for  a while.

Cheers,

Tom Wiggins
Saint Gabriel's Celestial Brass Band   (Black Unit)
(White Unit coming soon)