[Dixielandjazz] wandering minstrels

[tcashwigg at aol.com]

Hey Larry:

That was just their Day Gig man,  even Ecuadorian musicians have them.  
:))

Heck would not be surprised if they owned the Resort,  bought with the 
money they made playing on the streets all around the world to tourists 
and selling cassettes.   $200,000.00 a year in income goes a lot 
further in the Andes than it does in New York or S.F. or St. Louis  heh 
??   :))    Just a thought.

Cheers,

Tom Wiggins



-----Original Message-----
From: Larry Walton Entertainment - St. Louis <larrys.bands at charter.net>
To: jazzmin at actcom.net.il; jazz <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Sun, 9 Apr 2006 13:04:45 -0500
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] wandering minstrels

    That may be true but when I was in Ecuador the AF band just about 
took over a small resort for a weekend and the staff of the hotel who 
had been sweeping and changing bed linens and serving tables all 
performed. They were kick ass performers too. Those guys played really 
well and if they only knew a dozen songs then they did them very well. 
Most played flutes, pan pipes and ocarinas and they also had two 
guitars a Bass and drum set. They had quite a show and equal to any I 
have seen here. 
 
  I was struck by the diaphragm movement of the flute players. It was 
huge and the sound they got was really good and quite loud. They 
definitely were playing to the back row and this was all at 9,000 feet. 
We were having trouble keeping our instruments sounding at that 
altitude but these guys lived there their whole lives and could really 
pump air. 
 
 Maybe we fell into the middle of the Andes music robot factory. 
 
  I could just imagine what would happen if a resort hired a band in 
this country and said oh by the way you have to sweep the place and bus 
tables too. They seemed to have a whole different attitude toward work 
and music. I'm not saying that using people this way is good but it's 
different. 
 Larry Walton 
 St. Louis 
  ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ministry of Jazz" 
<jazzmin at actcom.net.il> 
 To: "jazz" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com> 
 Sent: Sunday, April 09, 2006 11:57 AM 
 Subject: RE: [Dixielandjazz] wandering minstrels 
 
  > We get them in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem too, though I have not seen 
them 
  > during the last few years when life in the streets might have been 
too 
 > exciting for them. 
 > 
  > I've also seen them in Santa Monica. I think there is a factory in 
the > Andes 
  > somewhere that produces programmed Latin American robots that all 
know the 
  > same 12 songs, and they send them around the world with the same 
blankets, 
 > pan flutes, straw hats, CDs, etc. 
 > 
 > Elazar 
 > 
 > -----Original Message----- 
  > inundated by Indians from South America and their drums and flutes. 
>> 
 > 
 > Hi, 
  > we get these groups in the UK. Been coming here for years. They seem 
to 
  > stick to the tourist centres pretty much. Perhaps the tourists think 
it is 
 > authentic Bitish Folk Music???. 
 > 
  > Seen them around Europe too. Perhaps its the same guys. They all 
look he 
 > same to me. 
 > 
 > Cheers 
 > 
 > Pat 
 > 
 > 
 > 
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