[Dixielandjazz] Playing the same thing over and over

[Charlie Hooks]

on 6/28/03 12:01 PM, TCASHWIGG at aol.com at TCASHWIGG at aol.com wrote:

So the next time somebody walks up to you at a gig or shouts out Play
Marchin the Saints!  just smile and improvise it to Hell and back and watch
the glow come across their faces, that's really what it's all about this
game of music and communication.

Yes, indeedy!  And I never get tired of remembering Louis' perfectly phrased
comment:  "If it gits off the groun, it don't matter what song you playin';
an' if it don't git off the groun', don't matter what song you playin'!"

Charlie