[Dixielandjazz] Re: 'Art Form' Dixieland

[TCASHWIGG at aol.com]

Bravo Bravo Bravo Sir Dan of Augustine:

Me thinks Me has never seen a better post on this list for the sake of 
reality.

I agree we all have our respective places and pursuits of happiness and to 
some guys the height of success is playing in a local Pizza parlor with no 
critics, and others it is worldwide recognition for expertise and financial 
remuneration.

Some choose to make it a life-long pursuit and others elect to seek out other 
more lucrative fields of financial remuneration, but it is not really fair to 
compare apples to oranges.  

Perhaps some of us professional musicians could have sold out and became 
college Professors and or Brain surgeons or Breast implant specialist or even 
Plumbers to finance our musical hobbies, but we chose to do music and nothing but 
music chasing the impossible dream of Buddy Bolden, Louis Armstrong, Bix, 
Buddy Rich, Gene Krupa et c. etc. etc.   

>From the recent list of obituaries there is no shortage of guys & gals  who 
gave it their all as Musical Heroes, that is what some guys and Gals are made 
of and we keep going against all odds of success to achieve those fleeting 
goals.  But for that one night when it all comes together and the crowd roars it 
is better than any drug you could ever take, it lures you back to the illusive 
dream one more year till you get that undeniable feeling once more.

Music indeed doth soothe the savage beast, and sometimes that beast is hidden 
deep within the musician trying desperately to get out, and when on that rare 
occasion it is released at the right place at the right time it is indeed 
magic and the great elixir that keeps most of us going till we feel it again.  
And yes indeed sometimes it even happens in a pizza parlor full of screaming 
young little leaguers who don't even know there is a band in the place.

If I'm lyin; I'm dyin'

If it was good enough for Frank it's good enough for me, :))


Cheers,

Tom Wiggins