[Dixielandjazz] European Band not playing in America / AmericanBands not playing in America

[Larry Walton Entertainment - St. Louis]

Post script:   Occasionally we are inundated by Indians from South America 
and their drums and flutes.  They sell lots of CD's standing in the middle 
of malls and other places.  Most have a pretty good act and seem to do well 
but then again their standards might not be as high.

Last summer I was in Frankfort and saw several groups performing on the 
street and doing pretty well selling CD's but again they had a pretty good 
act and were worth the price of a CD. (15 Euro).  I would think that a Dixie 
group with a stack of CD's would do very well even without a club Gig.  I'm 
sure that it's not all that simple but looked do able and would certainly 
make a couple of weeks vacation in Europe a lot cheaper for a band so 
inclined.

Larry Walton
St. Louis.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve barbone" <barbonestreet at earthlink.net>
To: <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2006 1:48 PM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] European Band not playing in America / 
AmericanBands not playing in America


> "Judy Eames" <jude at judyeames.co.uk> wrote (polite snip)
>
>> Steve Barbone asked why a European band wasn't playing in  America.
>
> Actually, that's not what I asked. I asked why an American Band, made up 
> of
> New Orleans musicians was successfully touring Europe and NOT touring in
> their own home country, given all of the OKOM Festivals we have over here
> and the declared wish of many Americans to help New Orleans musicians.
>
> I suspect they do not tour here because:
>
> 1) They were not asked to do so. or
>
> 2) They get better pay in Europe. or
>
> 3) We Americans pay a lot of lip service to helping New Orleans musicians
>   but the idea of actually hiring them to play seems somehow not to have
>   occurred to many of the music mavens in the US of A.
>
> Other than that, I sympathize with the travel problems of Europeans and
> others trying to enter and play some gigs here. But as others have said,
> there are many ways to get it done. Last month, for example, New York City
> had a large contingent of Italian Jazz Musicians gigging there. etc.
>
> Cheers,
> Steve
>
>
>
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