[Dixielandjazz] Imitators - was Armstrong/Presley imatitors

[Andy.Ling at Quantel.Com]

From: "Steve Barbone" <barbonestreet at earthlink.net>
>
> I was more interested in why some imitators are OK and others are not.
> EG what is the difference between an Armstrong imitator and a King
> Oliver imitator? Or a Presley imitator and a Benny Goodman imitator?
> They are lots of each categorty around these days.
>

Could it be something to do with the "ease" of performing a recognisable
imitation however bad. You know straight away when someone is trying
to imitate Louis or Elvis no matter how bad the imitation is. So you hear
a lot of bad Louis & Elvis imitators.

You have to be pretty good to imitate Oliver or Goodman in any kind of
recognisable way. So most of these imitators that you hear are actually
doing a good job

Andy Ling