[Dixielandjazz] Preservation Hall Players

[Cees van den Heuvel]

I've played, as a guest, in the preservation hall in 1983 and 1985.
And yes, the musical ability seemed poor, wrong word.;simple, wrong word 
again: basic.
But, playing there I adjusted to the "feel": recreating the old days and
had a ball! It's like a museum: you don't modernise a museum, you savour
the echo's of the past. A treasure to cherish. You don't change Rembrandts 
either.
You just look and get enchanted.

Cees van den Heuvel
http://www.revivaljassband.nl



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Haesler" <bhaesler at bigpond.net.au>
To: "James Butler" <jbutler6 at twcny.rr.com>; "Dan Augustine" 
<ds.augustine at mail.utexas.edu>
Cc: "dixieland jazz mail list" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2006 11:27 PM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Preservation Hall Players


> Dan Augustine said: "......most of the Preservation Hall bands i've heard
> are very very poor musically, very dated."
> Steve Barbone half-heartedly defended the band with: "Hey, don't be 
> knocking
> those guys. They are deliberately playing like that" but redeemed himself
> with "But to then attempt to transfer a personal like/dislike to the 
> general
> audience at large, well, that's just plain wrong."
> Father Mike offered Dan his support with: ".........it doesn't ignite."
> However, Brian Harvey courageously summed it up as a "ridiculous 
> statement."
> Now Jim Butler agrees with Dan "100%"
> Why is it that so many Americans appear to have so little appreciation of
> 'their' home-grown music from New Orleans?
> Where are Butch Thompson, Louis Lince, the Dutch and the Canadians on the
> list?
> And the Australians including the other Father Mike, Anton and Phil O'R.
> Come on. Brian needs SOME support.
> Seconds out. Let the battle commence and no hitting below the belt.
> 8>)
> Kind regards,
> Bill.
>
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