[Dixielandjazz] Fw: Dixieland Web Sites

[dave at creolejazz.com]

Steve,

Ouch. Please stop playing for free. Our band recently lost its two steady 
nights a week. (One night a week at two places.) We find ourselves without a 
steady gig for the first time in almost six years. Now I'm finding it very 
difficult to find our "next" gig as so many local groups (of various styles 
of music) play for free or for very little money. When you play for free you 
are announcing that the music you play is worth nothing. Furthermore, as 
Mike Vax mentioned, "Bands who play for free hurt all of us who play music." 
(With an emphasis on "all".)

Dave
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"It's a treat to beat your feet."
The Creole Dixieland Jazz Band
Dave Gravatt
417-877-8811 (home)
417-894-8557 (cell)
http://www.CreoleJazz.com

Dave

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve & Cathy Pendleton" <bestofbreed at mindspring.com>
To: <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2005 5:52 PM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Fw: Dixieland Web Sites


> Hello, all,
>
> Thought I would write all of you, by copying my post to Gail
> Kingston.  The Reunion Jazz Band looks forward to building its
> schedule of gigs in the Midwest. So far, we're still FREE (except
> for lodging and a meal or two per day,) so we are hoping to spread
> Dixie and Trad to anyone who will listen!!
>
> Best regards,
>
> Steve Pendleton
>
> P. S.  Next gig is the Ozark Jazz Society at Lake Of The Ozarks, MO
> July 22 and 23.  Some of our guys play monthly at a Cajun style
> restaurant by the name of "Jazz" in Columbia, MO.  We have a web
> site, under our previous name, at ShingleShakers.com.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: Steve & Cathy Pendleton
> To: Gail_Kingston at bigpond.com
> Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2005 5:43 PM
> Subject: Dixieland Web Sites
>
>
> Hi, Gail,
>
> My group may be slightly unique.  24 of us played in a couple of
> groups in Columbia, MO (home of Missouri University) in and out,
> from 1968 to 1973.  The final hurrah was "The Shingle Shakers" who
> played first at a Shakeys Pizza (where else, back then???) then had
> a three-year stint a a place called The Village Inn, until the group
> broke up, driven by jobs, children and transfers out of Missouri.
>
> We are now known as the Reunion Jazz Band, "The Band Is Back"-- and
> we have a few gigs throughout the year.  Our biggest is
> participating in Fair St. Louis over the July Fourth (Independence
> Day) holiday.  We just completed our second year, and, I must admit,
> to rave reviews, with us playing in the 73-entry (including 28
> decorated floats, 18 large helium balloons and 6 marching bands)
> parade and then playing off the South leg of the Gateway Arch most
> of the day Saturday, Sunday and Monday.  Sunday night we played a
> club honoring the volunteers who make the weekend work, and
> actually, we were the warmup band for Theo Peoples , lead singer of
> the Four Tops.
>
> We are not very polished, due to the fact that some of us do not see
> other but once every 10 years or so!  So, it takes awhile for those
> who play, to jell.  We hope to get to work on a CD in 2006, if we
> can assemble enough musicians to make up at least a basic Dixieland
> eight.
>
> You can view our web page at Shingle Shakers.com.  We will soon have
> a link for Reunion Jazz Band.  There are no MP3's or RealAudio yet,
> (as we really aren't ready) but that will come.
>
> Thanks for your offer.  If you decide not to include the RJB yet, I
> would certainly understand.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Steve Pendleton
>
> Georgia, USA
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