[Dixielandjazz] Re:My last substantial comment on Eminem today

[kymmi smith]

>Listmates!!!
>I think today's kids would REALLY go for OKOM if...a HUGE if here...it was
>done by a band more their own age...folks, like it or not, we're up against
>the wall of "old age" here...and most of us...(not me of course!!)...have
>lost the hormonal sex appeal of young, tattooed, pierced, skinny bodies
with
>shaved heads... (Gunter?)... that distinguishes one generation from
>another...especially twice removed! They might love the music, but when
they
>see their grandfathers/grandmothers performing it, it just ain't the same!
>If it's played by someone their own age, they'll buy a CD and go home and
>fantasize...just like I did in the late '40's early '50's with Peggy Lee,
>Doris Day, etc, etc. We should all be glad for the blue haired ladies
>drooling over us...while it/they last!
>Bob (taking hormones by the pound)Romans


Bob Romans hit the nail on the head with that one.  There is a difference
watching a *cough* mature band, then watching a group of someone their own
age.  When we see our peers up on stage, playing their jazzy hearts out, we
realize how attainable this is.  It's not that *mature* bands aren't cool,
(they are the most musically developed and experienced), but it seems more
of a fantasy to see *mature* musicians who have been playing for 50+ years.
What the jazz circuit needs now is a young group that appeals to both young
and old.  Cool enough for the young audiences, decent (and modest) enough
for the elderly audiences.  Circuit bands that are in mid-age (i.e. Blue
Street, Cornet Chop Suey, Titan Hot 7) go over really well.  *shrugs*
That's just my opinion.

kymmi "this-trigonometry-aint-gonna-finish-itself" smith