[Dixielandjazz] GOOD MUSIC WILL OUT

[tcashwigg at aol.com]

Absolutely Michale:

We should all know and or remember by now that Teenagers for sure  and 
many young adults want nothing to do with whatever their parents liked, 
and especially their taste in music.   Just is not Cool.   HOwever they 
are thrilled to "Discover"  really cool new things that their Parents 
never told them about,  as in like us, since many of our generation did 
exactly the same thing.

Hence the younger kids going away to college today are "Discovering"  
OKOM  and find ti to be something totally different than what they have 
been spoon fed on modern radio and by the major record industry.  They 
often become Fanatical FANS and are always looking for something new 
and on the cutting edge.

Steve's post about his recent College gig is Right on Target.   Going 
out and taking it to them is what has to be done, once they get a taste 
of it and find out how much fun it is and can be they will be hooked 
just like many of us were when we were kids.

Heck I took two 16 year olds to see 70 Year old James Brown and his 
Famous Flames And Sly Stones group,  Two Major Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 
inductees,  this weekend and they came home and spent 6 hours on the 
internet talking about it to their high school friends in two 
countries.   Turns out that one of the boys father's and his english 
teacher in Taiwan are avid James BROWN FANS and told the boy how lucky 
he was to have a once in a lifetime dream come true.  He not only got a 
chance to attend a James Brown Live Concert but he got to go backstage 
and meet him in person.

While James Brown is certainly not even close to Dixieland, we must all 
remember that Dixieland is almost 100 years old now, and there are 
millions of people listening to music these days who never heard of it, 
or even the Beatles, for that matter who were greatly influenced by 
James Brown and others of his era.

Perhaps many of us are just out of touch with the rest of the Music 
World and have been for a very long time.   There is indeed a lot more 
out there than OKOM, and we simply cannot sit back and wait for them to 
come to us.


Where is the Dixieland OKOM Hall of Fame ??????    Certainly not 
"Preservation Hall"

Even Nashville has the Grand Ole Opry,   Why not a Grand Old Dixie  ??
Cheers,

Tom Wiggins  who had a great time teaching some young kids history up 
close and personal, something I wish some OKOMers had done for me when 
aI WAS A KID FLOUNDERING IN ROCK AND ROLL.  Next I will take them to 
see some good Dixieland.

 Fortunately I can  function in both worlds.



-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Millward <millward at bigfoot.com>
To: dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
Sent: Sun, 20 Nov 2005 16:36:07 -0700
Subject: RE: [Dixielandjazz] GOOD MUSIC WILL OUT

    Last 2 festivals I attended had a goodly number of young people 
dancing very
energetically- Lindy Hoppers. Could it be that they will be the 
salvation
for OKOM?