[Dixielandjazz] All good things come to an end.

[Larry Walton Entertainment - St. Louis]

No it's the bucks.  I would bet that they will work cheaper.  It's also that 
clubs, especially if their till starts dropping off, blame the music which 
sometimes is accurate but musicians are the first one to blame and not their 
club, location or prices.

I would say that 15 months is pretty good.  The Guiness book of records 
lists a St. Louis Country band and club as having the longest running 
engagement.  I went to hear them one night and they weren't bad.  The place 
also had a free midnight buffet that was excellent too.  Someone else may 
now hold the GBook record.
Larry
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve barbone" <barbonestreet at earthlink.net>
To: "DJML" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2006 11:16 AM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] All good things come to an end.


> The Showboat Casino in Atlantic City did not pick up our option for this
> summer and so we are ending our 15 month run there this month. These gigs
> were great fun and we have no regrets. Now promoting other gigs to take up
> the slack. (The summer schedule there was for about 15 gigs a month)
>
> Could be they got nervous when we asked for a raise. :-) VBG
>
> Could also be that we are too old (:-) VBG) and it is time to get some
> younger bands working there. We're being replaced by the Eagles (football)
> pep band and by a group from the University of the Arts.
>
> Cheers,
> Steve Barbone
>
>
>
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