[Dixielandjazz] taking along the little lady( or not so little)

[Larry Walton Entertainment - St. Louis]

That's my whole point Ted.  I want my wife to admire and like what I do as 
much as anyone else but I know that she does but like salt on eggs.  Some is 
great and too much isn't.  An attractive woman or in some places any woman 
is fair game if she is sitting all alone or on the dance floor.  You are 
just dangling bait and don't be surprised if someone goes for it.

I think dragging the girlfriend or wife along is just insecurity on the guys 
part.  It's the same as the guy who calls his wife six or eight times a day 
to check on her.

As some guys pointed out their wives / girlfriends are genuine fans or serve 
a definite purpose like selling CD's or even just driving but that should be 
the exception and not the rule.

There is a corollary to this too.  One time we had a young woman about 20 
who was really good looking and a dynamite singer.  We had rehearsed her 
several times and she had worked for us about six or eight times so her 
singing with the band wasn't something new.  We were playing a country club 
and unknown to us she invited her boy friend.  Just the fact that she was on 
stage and guys were looking at her (duh!!!) set him off and he took her off 
the stage after the first set and they left.  We never saw her again and she 
wouldn't return calls.  You would have thought that we were making her strip 
or something or that this was some sort of low down dive.

Some of the bands consider their gigs to be social nights out for the wives 
and themselves.  Trooping in an extra group (wives) to a party or reception 
to eat, drink and dance is just not professional in my book but does happen 
too often.
Larry
St. Louis
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Sent: Saturday, June 10, 2006 10:13 AM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] taking along the little lady( or not so little)


> Hi list-
>
> I usually reply off list to some of you-but thought I would add one of  my
> not-so-fond memories to the long running thread on above subject. Enjoy 
> or
> delete now, up to you.
>
> I played a long running Sat. nite gig years ago at a dance hall DownEast
> (Maine)
> It paid poorly, especially if it  snowed that day, so I car pooled  with 
> the
> leader who always brought his spouse along. The trip was long, dark and 
> cold
> over many miles of frozen two lane blacktop, slowed by frost heaves and
> potholes.
>
> The wife immediately hit the dance floor as soon as we started  playing , 
> No
> other wives were along, we were just a hot quartet. My  "driver" would 
> glower
> at her as she snuggled up to her various partners,  especially on the slow
> numbers, and I could see his neck turn redder and redder  as he played. On 
> the
> way home he would always accuse her of improper dancing,  and she would 
> fire
> back at him. It always turned into a full scale argument all  the way 
> back, while
> it kept me awake in the back seat. Don't believe they ever  divorced, But 
> I
> early on decided not to bring a spouse to these jobs-
>
>                                                             Ted
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