[Dixielandjazz] Re: Dixieland definitions

[Russ Guarino]

I have found the Styrofoam hats are hot and the person starts sweating in
about 3 minutes.  Very uncomfortable.  Better to go to a costume shop and
order real panama hats that breath.

Russ Guarino

tcashwigg at aol.com wrote:

> NO NO No No  Steve:
>
> I just ordered 15 Straw Hats ( actually styrofoam ones) and  30 Red arm
> Garters, Red striped vests in Giant sizes and some fine looking bright
> Yellow Pants, and Red bow ties and fifteen fake handle bar Mustaches
> for my mostly  Black Band in the hopes that we would finally be
> accepted and invited to play some Dixieland Festivals.   I thought they
> were coming back into Fashion.
>
> ROTFLOL
>
> Tom Wiggins
>
> Sadly, the media moguls thought otherwise and succeeded, by the 70s, in
> changing the public's association of the word "Dixieland" to white
> bands,
> like ODJB, playing zany music while dressed in outlandish costumes.
>
> The public perception of "Dixieland" e.g. old white guys in straw hats
> and
> arm garters damn near killed the music during the second half of the
> 20th
> century. Took away its relevance to creative jazz.
>
> IMO, The sooner we get rid of that baggage, the better.
>
> Cheers,
> Steve Barbone
>
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