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

[dwlit at cpcug.org]

To be sure Wiggins and Barbone are long-winded and sometimes get a bit
over the top, but my goodness, what treasures their essays are for anyone
trying to get a handle on the music business!!!

As for their occasional obnoxiousness, I remind you that Tom was/is a
booking agent and Steve was a lawyer who raised horses for
ammunition--what else do you expect?

--Sheik
http://americanmusiccaravan.com

> 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
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