[Dixielandjazz] The Wife/Spouse/Partner

[tcashwigg at aol.com]

Hi Ginny:

The answer is:  behind door number three:

Male groupies and slobbering and drooling Trombone players pushing and 
shoving each other to carry their equipment :))   VBG


Also in some Jazz circles ( Dixie and other genres)  less than gorgeous 
female musicians are considered two levels below a drummer and nobody 
is even paying attention to whether or not she can actually play  :))   
 Our sport is dominated by Dirty Old Men.

Personally I would like to see more Female Bands and often encourage 
ladies to join my own band, unfortunately so far none have done so, 
must be some of the ugly guys in the band that they think they might 
have to room with on the road :))   And when I bring along our singer I 
have to carry a cattle Prod to keep  the DIRTY OLD MEN AT ARMS LENGTH 
FROM HER.


Or so I have heard :))  ROTFLOL

Tom Wiggins



-----Original Message-----
From: Gluetje1 at aol.com
To: dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
Sent: Wed, 7 Jun 2006 18:36:46 EDT
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] The Wife/Spouse/Partner

    This discussion thread has been further enlightening to me as to  
perhaps why
there continue to be more males than females in OKUM  bands.  Have you
noticed that the male/female performer ratio differs  considerably in 
these
areas of
Dixie and Swing music making compared  to symphonies for example?  Or 
to
today's big  media-mongering groups?

I see a difference in my thought processes compared to what many of you 
 guys
have shared.  I love it when my husband can and wants to go along on a  
gig.
He is a non-musician who does enjoy the music.  But whether he  will 
attend
or not is never part of my thinking in accepting or rejecting a  gig.  
And I
don't assume any labor or assistance on his part although again  all 
offers to
do so are great!  But goodness gracious, I wonder how Mighty  Aphrodite
manages? VBG
Ginny
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