[Dixielandjazz] Fooling the People was Super Bowl Halftime

[iVOR jONES]

NO !

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve barbone" <barbonestreet at earthlink.net>
To: <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2006 8:41 PM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Fooling the People was Super Bowl Halftime


> "Jim Kashishian" <jim at kashprod.com>
>
>> Bob Ringwald said:
>>> The Stones have been fooling people for years.
>>
>> And, Steve answered:
>>> Haven't we all?
>>
>> Dunno where that remark fits in, Steve.  I don't, at least not on 
>> purpose,
>> try to fool anyone.  What you see/hear is what I have to offer.  Nor does
>> anyone else in our band.
>> At all times, even when fooling around (pun meant!), the music is the 
>> basis
>> of the matter.
>
> Simply a play on words, not to be taken literally Jim. The "We've been
> fooling the public for many years", or "Are you still fooling the public?"
> is a common greeting among American Jazz Musicians. A sort of tongue in
> cheek put down of one's self and/or one's view of what it is we do for a
> living. I guess one could call it an American Jazz idiomatic expression.
>
> When used in a more literal put down sense musically, or politically or 
> what
> ever, it deserves to be put into perspective by such as my remark.
>
> Just a jazz musician's view that we should take the music seriously, but 
> not
> ourselves, hence the self deprecation. And an opinion that we should not 
> put
> down other musicians, specifically naming them, in a public forum.
>
> IMO, the more secure the musician is, the easier it is to say about one's
> self is that he/she is "fooling the public".
>
> Hope that explains it for any who didn't understand what I meant.
>
> Cheers,
> Steve
>
>
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