[Dixielandjazz] OK - here is some controversy..........

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I have been lurking while on the road doing clinics and concerts in five  
states in the past 8 weeks. 
So I have a question!  Is any one else tired of being put down  constantly by 
Tom Wiggins and Steve Barbone????????
It still seems to me that according to them, none of us are "doing it  right."
Gee Tom, I'm sorry that I haven't produced big rock and roll albums and  lead 
a rock type band that also plays some New Orleans Street Beat Stuff, that  
does get lots of bookings.
And -- I think you are dead wrong about there being no jazz scene in  
Sacramento. I see lots of things happening there.
Gee Steve, I guess I wasn't very successful last year.  I only did  about 180 
dates in 12 states and a few foreign countries, plus booking a tour  for the 
Stan Kenton Alumni Band and producing a successful festival in  Arizona.
I know that both of you mean well, but I am tired about hearing how great  
you both are, and how you do so much more for OKOM than any of the rest of  us.
OK - now that you are both pissed off at me, I will go back to lurking and  
deleting.
Mike Vax