[Dixielandjazz] Preservation Hall Players

[tcashwigg at aol.com]

Folks folks folks  !!

Let's not fight this war all over again, seems we do it every year.

I have said my piece about this act in previous battles and will not re 
visit the scene:

I will say this however in reply to esteemed listmate Cees post:


WHERE OR WHERE does all the MONEY GO ??   certainly not in players 
salaries, and certainly not in restoration or enhancement of the 
Preservation Hall.  Heck not even a guy to fix the big hole in the back 
wall, nor a paint of coat or new mural painted on the wall.

They should take notice of what Nashville did with the Grand Ole Opry  
bringing that other american Icon and legendary institution into the 
21st Century  not to mention setting very high standards of quality for 
the artists that perform on it which is whaT SUPPORT THE INSTITUTION 
AND PAYS THE BILLS AND PAYS A LOT MORE ARTISTS THAN DOES PRESERVATION 
HALL.

Yes as Steve said it is about MONEY, and it takes Money to make it 
work.  But where are all the Thousands yea millions that should have 
been made off of an act of that revered status in the World.

Ooops  I forgot they are PRESERVING THE HALL and the music,  come on 
guys that toilet stinks and is depressing to even visit, legend or no 
legend, and the players in that band that know are not happy to be 
there either, but it is like expected of them to all go there and play 
to keep paying those historical DUES for Preservation.  NOt unlike the 
attitudes of some Traditional Jazz Preservation Societies elsewhere.

I am sorry but it will never be 1928 again, and we ain't gonna see on 
five cents a gallon gas or two cents a loaf bread, not to mention no 
free lunch.

Is John Brunius a good player yes a fine player, but don't go there 
expecting to see and hear him every night they have a show, he is off 
playing a Real Gig more than likely,   if there are any real gigs left 
in the city of New Orleans, as is Greg Stafford.

Cheers,

Tom don't wanna argue Wiggins



-----Original Message-----
From: heu at bart.nl
To: bhaesler at bigpond.net.au; jbutler6 at twcny.rr.com; 
ds.augustine at mail.utexas.edu
Cc: dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
Sent: Tue, 3 Oct 2006 2:42 PM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Preservation Hall Players

   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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