[Dixielandjazz] Preservation Hall

[tcashwigg at aol.com]

Saint Gabriel's also has a suitcase full of Good comfortable sneakers 
in all sizes, cause doing parade style shows is no piece of cake on 
your corns and such. :))  We also provide Hats to keep the hot sun off 
them bald heads, and make the players look younger and sexier to all 
those young girls in the audiences.  Learned that from the Old Cowboy 
Bands.

Even the lovely Zorina London or singer and grand marshall, has a pair 
of "High Heeled" ones in "Red White & Blue"
and she looks like the  HOT CHOCOLATE VERSION OF BETTY GRABEL IN THEM 
TOO especially in a pair of mini short shorts, my word my word, if her 
mama could only see her now.   Actually she does see and loves every 
minute of it too.  Her mama is about 80 years old and still cuts a 
pretty mean rug on the dance floor too.

musical content.
"These boots were made for Walkin"
"Nancy Sinatra" circa, yesteryear.

Cheers,

Tom Wiggins

-----Original Message-----
From: Steve barbone <barbonestreet at earthlink.net>
To: dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
Sent: Tue, 16 Aug 2005 13:37:14 -0400
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Preservation Hall

   EDWIN COLTRIN <boreda at sbcglobal.net> wrote

> About Preservation Band, the last two times in Nawlins, I felt that 
the only
> reason to hear and see the group was to listen to a few OLD TIMERS 
play OKOM,
> not to mention the road group. I know that they have a reputation to 
keep up,
> but the drive that once was, is lacking. Not a complaint,only an 
observation.
>
> The fact that they mostly are older than I and can play an instrument 
is
> overwhelming.
>
> Just a comment.

Good observation. Most of us on the DJML probably do not care for the
"original" folk music style of Dixieland they play. HOWEVER . . . they 
are
the most popular and best known New Orleans Jazz Band (more encompassing
term than "Dixieland") on the planet.

If you like their age, Ed, you'd love Barbone Street's age. Since our
regular trumpet guy has been off working steadily at the Showboat 
Casino in
Atlantic City, we've mostly used an 86 year old trumpet guy. So the 
ages in
this band version are 68, 69, 71, 75, 76, 86.

So our average age is 74+ and by year end will be 75+. That's AT LEAST 
10
years on average, older than the touring Preservation Hall units. A fact
which I always announce on gigs.

A week ago when I was gigging at the Showboat,(we walk about 2 miles a 
day
on that gig), I noticed a couple of guys my age looking at my "soft" 
shoes.
After a solo, one of them comes up to me and says: "If you don't mind my
asking, how old are you?" I replied "71" and he said "God bless you, for
being able to do this kind of a gig and have so much fun."

Why "soft shoes". Because we old timers with years of standing, can no 
long
wear hard shoes without being in pain. So please, fans and audience 
members,
forgive us our footwear. :-) VBG.

Slainte,
Steve




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