[Dixielandjazz] American Idol - Redux

[tcashwigg at aol.com]

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From: patcooke77 at yahoo.com
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] American Idol - Redux

    I've never watched "idol".   I have no plans to watch it.  Nowadays, 
it's the
singers who are the "idols', and what they're doing is not what I would 
call
singing.

Hi Pat, welcome back, you are dating yourself here mate. :))


 I remember when the band leader's name was on the record label in
large print, and all the sidemen's names in smaller print.  The 
singer's name
was also in very small print, if it was mentioned at all.
  Pat C.

Yep those were the days  when playing music was a profession and a  
job, and there was only ONE BOSS It was also a time when the record 
labels were contracting Band Leaders and selling Bands rather than 
individual Stars, then everybody wanted to get into the act. :))

Now everybody is a STAR   hence so  very many many All-Stars Bands.

American Idol just proves that ANYBODY can be a Star  if you 
shamelessly promote yourself to stardom level, or can convince others 
that you are a Star and deserve your name in large TYPE,  that usually 
however came because the Buck Stopped there as well and the Band Leader 
paid all the Bills.

Ahh but the times they have been a changing,


Cheers,

Tom Wiggins