[Dixielandjazz] Re: Discussions of Great Substance

[TCASHWIGG at aol.com]

In a message dated 1/9/04 7:15:30 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
bowermastergroup at qwest.net writes:

> I believe beer, in its own way, had a great impact on OKOM.  If it wasn't
> for prohibition creating the speakeasies, where would OKOM have been?  Would
> there have been any work for the musicians?
> 
> 

Well, there is no shortage of Beer these days, and certainly no shortage of a 
place for Beer to be sold and or consumed, so maybe we should Reinstate the 
Prohibition laws and get OKOM Saved again by creating more speakeasies.

By Jove I think you've Got It Man.

We don't need no Jazz Festivals we Need More Speakeasies,  and more Houses of 
the Rising Sun, we could save OKOM and Ragtime at the same time, it's that 
simple.

Not to mention that I could fire up Saint Gabriel's Celestial Brass Band and 
march up and down the street in front of all of them playing Gospel Music with 
the Protesting Ladies of the Church and Sufferance  (or was it Temperance?) 
League.

If you don't like good Gospel Music 
You Can Just Go To Hell !

Rev. Tom- Bob Wiggins
First Church of  Holeiness,Sanctified,by the Blessed Redeemer,Saver of Lost 
Drunken Sinners souls,derelict Jazz musicians, washboard and banjo players and 
tainted Ladies of the Evening Incorporated. 

  Recognized and chartered in all parts of Texas & Oklahoma where they still 
have places you can't buy a Beer, much less a good batch of bathtub Gin.