[Dixielandjazz] Unions - Musicians - Cabaret Card

[John McClernan]

On Nov 5, 2006, at 11:50 AM, Steve Barbone wrote:

> Mike asked about who killed the unions? And whether in my 802 days  
> you had
> to have a Cabaret Card to work in NYC. Here are my opinions.
>
> 1) Greed and Corruption of the union leaders. . .
> 2) Greed of the Club Owners. . .
> 3) Changing live music scene. . .
> 4) Amateur bands. . .
> 5) Too many musicians in each market competing for too few paying  
> gigs.
> 6) The passage of "Right to Work" laws.

7. Our product is reproducible by mechanical means.
8. We have become a nation of music "watchers".