[Dixielandjazz] Re: best musician in The Gig

[Bill Gunter]

Yeah . . . I'll agree with that.

I'd  put Vaché's character along with Clevon Little's character as being 
equally good musicians.

Good point,

Bill Gunter
jazzboard at hotmail.com



>From: Custode at aol.com
>To: jazzboard at hotmail.com, dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
>Subject: Re: best musician in The Gig
>Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 15:41:11 EDT
>
>
>In a message dated 4/19/2005 2:17:54 PM Eastern Standard Time,
>jazzboard at hotmail.com writes:
>
>Cleavon  Little is the bass player...Actually
>he's the best musician of the bunch.
>
>
>I think I would tend to disagree with this assessment.  I think he is  
>truly
>the only working musician in the group; making a living solely off of  
>music.
>However, if you remember the film, Vache is accepted by the  bass player as
>"his" equal.  In fact, I remember something to the  effect that he gave up 
>his
>music career for his family.  The  scene with him practicing in the kitchen
>shows that although he has left the  music business behind, he still is a 
>great
>musician.
>
>
>Lewis D.  Custode, Jr., CLU, ChFC, CASL
>_LDC Advisory  Services_ (http://www.myfinancialpro.net/custode)