[Dixielandjazz] Cafe Louis in NYC

[TCASHWIGG at aol.com]

In a message dated 2/24/05 3:36:53 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
barbonestreet at earthlink.net writes:

> 
> Tom Wiggins opined about the Club Louis:
> 
> Not disagreeing with his opinion. However the club is very small and at all
> times except 9 PM to 11:30 PM, Tues, Wed, Thurs, &Sun they play recorded
> music. By whom? Pops, of course.
> 
> Cheers,
> Steve Barbone
> 
> 

Well, now that certainly makes sense, sorry, but I did not see any mention of 
that in the original posts, and my opinion was based not solely upon the 
Louis Cafe, but on many other such situations real and imagined that happen all 
over the place all the time.

Like the new Bing Crosby Restaurant here that has a piano bar with a female 
singer who does not even sing Bing Material.  I just personally find that 
disrespectful to the memory of a Legendary entertainer and simple attempts to 
capitalize on their name with almost total disregard to the importance of keeping 
the purpose of that legend alive.

I went there recently to try and book listmate Ed Metz and the Bob Crosby 
Bobcats show there and they looked at me like I was crazy, and said who is that?  
Oh no sorry we only have a female singer and a pianist.  What a pity too, 
because the place is perfect for OKOM and The Bob Cats would tear the place apart 
with class and great music for the audience that is going there currently.  
As I have said several times on the list, the folks today that are in charge of 
presenting music and running clubs and live music venues are often simply 
without a clue as to what they are doing or why.

Cheers,

Tom "We need more ETHIKKS" Wiggins
"who is as Ethikul as i kin git"