[Dixielandjazz] The Gig

[LARRY'S Signs and Large Format Printing]

Some years ago I booked, through a local agency a resort gig, very much like
the one in the movie.  The people that booked us sold the resort shortly
after they booked us.  We had no idea that this had happened.  The old
owners wanted jazz i.e. OKOM.  The new owners wanted C&W.  The agent said no
dice on canceling the contract so we ended up spending two weeks working for
a very hostile client.  They tried to back out on everything but ended up
just making the two weeks memorable for the bad accommodations and service.
We got paid but it wasn't fun.  So in short, been there done that got the
Tee shirt.
Larry Walton
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve barbone" <barbonestreet at earthlink.net>
To: <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2005 1:29 PM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] The Gig


> "Dave Gravatt" <dave at creolejazz.com> wrote about "The Gig"
>
> > It's a great movie. You'll laugh all the way through because it was
obviously
> > written by someone who'd been there and knows all the quirks that come
with
> > being part of a jazz band. Lots of fun.
>
> Yes indeed Dave, right on. About an amateur band that rehearses, but has
> never played a real gig. Then, after years, they get one at a Resort. Has
> everything from lots of humor to the reality of playing OKOM for a jazz
> oblivious  audience and a hostile venue manager.
>
> Many lessons in it including the Pro (Cleavon Little) telling the
> clarinetist that "loving the music is not enough, you need to be able to
> play it commercially when a big time singer comes to perform and the band
is
> not adept enough to back him". (or something like that)
>
> Loved it.
>
> Cheers,
> Steve
>
>
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