[Dixielandjazz] Re: Midiri Brothers

[Steve Barbone]

Sounds like a great festival, Beth. I can't make it as I have 4 gigs 
that weekend. Two public at an upscale horse show and two private 
parties for the rich and anonymous.

Cheers,
Steve Barbone

Beth V wrote:

> Thanks for the reassuring comments, Steve. I wasn't worried that they 
> wouldn't do well - I already have a CD and love their music - but what 
> I was glad to hear was that other festival goers felt the same way.
>  
> We changed our name from "DixieJazz" to "Vintage Jazz" this year in 
> the hopes that we could entice more people to come by expanding the 
> style of music that will be presented, while at the same time not 
> wanting to lose the die-hard Traditional Jazz lovers. We feel we've 
> got a dynamite line-up, both in the Trad department, and in our 
> "expanded" genre area that includes two swing-era bands (Midiri 
> Brothers and Sister Swing), a Django Reinhart style band (the Hot Club 
> of San Francisco), and two earlier-than-trad orchestras (Pacific Coast 
> Ragtime Orchestra and the San Francisco Starlight Orchestra, a Paul 
> Whiteman era orchestra). We defined "Vintage" as pre 1950's, with only 
> acoustic instrumentation.
>  
> Our trad lineup is top-of-the-line, with Buck Creek, High Sierra, Bob 
> Schultz's Frisco Jazz Band, Titanic, Clint Baker's Cafe Borrone All 
> Stars, Uptown Lowdown, Cell Block 7, Devil Mountain, the Southtown 
> Strummers, and last (but NEVER least), the infamous Boondockers. 
> (These were in random order as they came off the top of my memory 
> stack, except for the Boondockers, which I had to save for last so I 
> could comment on them). We also have two great youth bands that we 
> hope will be inspired by the incredible music they will hear when they 
> aren't playing their own. I can't imagine anyone complaining about the 
> lineup even if they are die-hard trad fans, but you never know sometimes.
>  
> That's why I was glad to hear how well the Midiri Brothers are being 
> received at other Left Coast festivals.
>  
> If you can grab a good deal on Southwest, why not fly out for a great 
> Labor Day weekend music feast?
>  
> By the way - any DJML'ers interested in a F2F at the festival? Let me 
> know and I'll try to figure out a good time and place.
>  
> Getting excited!
>  
> Beth