[Dixielandjazz] Re: Getting off our asses

[john petters]

Hi Steve
>Man, we've got all the western religious bases covered.
Bet you can't do an islamic gig

John Petters
Amateur Radio Station G3YPZ
www.traditional-jazz.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stephen Barbone" <barbonestreet at earthlink.net>
To: "Charlie Hooks" <charliehooks at earthlink.net>;
<dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Monday, July 14, 2003 2:47 PM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Re: Getting off our asses


> Hey Charlie:
>
> Right, lots of gigs out there. Even quasi religious gigs. As you know we
did
> one for the 150 Nuns, two weeks ago. This weekend did one for "Legatus" a
group
> of Catholic CEOs (Legatus means Ambassadors in Latin I think). Followed by
one
> for the Quakers.
>
> Doing one shortly for the Lutherans, then Presbyterians, then a Jewish
> Retirement complex. >
> Cheers,
> Steve
>
> PS. One of the Nuns who fell dancing, fractured her foot and said. "Well,
I
> guess that is the price of a good time." Ya gotta love that attitude. Also
> noted that Benny Carter was a "self taught" arranger. Now that's
something.
>
> Charlie Hooks wrote:
>
> > on 7/13/03 10:17 AM, Stephen Barbone at barbonestreet at earthlink.net
wrote:
> >
> > > The above
> > > giants were all innovators, and so is, I suspect, Charlie Hooks.
> >
> >     Ah, if 'twere only so!  But thanks for the suspicion!
> >
> >     And I've gotta say: you and Tom Wiggins are both right: we all need
to
> > get off our asses and HUSTLE!  We sit around, waiting for the phone to
ring,
> > complaining about the drought!  There is a great deal of work out there
that
> > we aren't getting.  Lazy.  That's me!  I own up to it!
> >
> >  I hate the hustle!
> > (Echo sez: no shit?  Like who don't?)
> > So, you wanna play?  Somebody has to do this crap, and if not you, then
> > who?  If not now, then when?  (I'm quoting Rabbi Hillel, in case you
aren't
> > scholarly.)  A Roman Catholic quoting a Jew?  You betcha!  Hillel was
> > intelligent.  Very.  Think about it!  Same tradition and proud of it.
>
>
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