[Dixielandjazz] Dixielandjazz Digest, Vol 50, Issue 30
Bill Dendle
bdendle at winfirst.com
Sun Feb 11 10:31:17 PST 2007
Many years ago (alright, only 15 0r 20), I had a band in San Diego, called
the South Market Street Jazz Band. We had a regular "happy hour" gig at a
local hotel, and one evening, while we were on a break, I met a nice
middle-aged gentleman who often came to hear us. It turned out that he also
played trombone (which was what I did in the band in those days), and he was
quite complimentary of my playing, and of the band's. In the course of our
conversation, he mentioned that he was a physician, and that he played in a
local amateur band made up of doctors. No problem...until one evening he
came to hear us, and he was so excited! His band was going to perform at
such and such an event the following week - for no pay of course, just the
opportunity to play in public. He told me about the event, and I realized
that it was one that my band had played several times in previous years, FOR
PAY. I pointed this out to him, and he got quite defensive about it. The
group didn't have much money, they did good works in the community, etc. I
let him speak his piece, and then I told him, "By the way, Bruce (his real
name), you don't know this about me, but I'm actually a medical school
graduate and a licensed physician in California. I don't choose to practice
medicine as a profession, but it is a hobby that I enjoy. I'm opening a free
clinic next door to your office soon, where I can treat patients just for
the fun of it."
Don't get me started...
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Today's Topics:
1. Playing for free vs undermining the pros (Nancy Giffin)
2. playing for free (acjspres at aol.com)
3. Archives (rahberry at comcast.net)
4. Re: Archives (Snogpitch)
5. Re: Birthday Boy (Bill Haesler)
6. archives access (BANJOforME at aol.com)
7. Re: One of the best Snake Rag's! (John Petters)
8. Re: Playing for free vs undermining the pros (rorel at aol.com)
9. Re: Playing for free vs undermining the pros (tcashwigg at aol.com)
10. FTP help request (JOHN FARRELL)
11. Playing for free or pay. (Lowell Busching)
12. Fourteenth St. Blues (Jeffmatthews111 at aol.com)
13. Cruise Gig Abuses (Steve Barbone)
14. Re: Playing for free or pay. (Don Ingle)
15. Re: Playing for free or pay. (Jerry Gordon)
16. Re: Playing for free or pay. (rorel at aol.com)
17. Re: Frankie Laine Obit (pat ladd)
18. Re: Frankie Laine Obit (Craig I. Johnson)
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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2007 12:44:10 -0800
From: Nancy Giffin <NANCYink at surewest.net>
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Playing for free vs undermining the pros
To: Dixieland Jazz <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Message-ID: <C1F36E9A.5B8B%NANCYink at surewest.net>
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ORIGINAL MESSAGE:
Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2007 17:59:20 -0500
From: rorel at aol.com
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Playing For Free
I try to play for free whenever I have time. Many Saturdays, rather than
sit around watching the Hogan's Heroes reruns, I'll call a nursing home at
random and ask if they would like someone to come in later in the day to
lead a sing-a-long with the residents. On vacation, I usually try to stop by
the local nursing residence, and in the rural areas, they are more than
happy for any new face to be kind to the people there. Every Thanksgiving my
wife and I work a soup kitchen and, after serving, we play flute and piano
music during dinner. I believe that if you have a talent, no matter what it
is or how meager it may be, it is your responsibility to share it freely
with those in need.
Promotion? Hardly. Does it benefit me? Oh yes, more than I can say.
Respectfully submitted,
Ray Osnato
REPLY TO RAY:
Hello, Ray,
While I admire what you?re doing for the residents of the nursing homes, I
would only suggest that rather than calling a ?nursing home at random,? you
might only call nursing homes that never, ever hire professional musicians
to perform at their location. There are serious, full-time or part-time
musicians who look to nursing homes for much-needed income, and they can?t
compete with kindly folks like you who give your talent away in exchange for
the satisfaction it gives you to do community service. Likewise, as a
graphic designer for both print and the Web, I cannot compete with artists
who give away their work for the satisfaction of seeing their work in print.
I certainly do my fair share of pro-bono work for the local jazz society,
but that is work that the STJS would not pay anyone to do. (Instead, the
STJS will find the most qualified volunteer for the job.) And certainly
there are professional musicians who will work for free while starting out
and needing to promote themselves and network (establish new contacts for
future paying jobs).
All this to say that ?warm fuzzies? are well and good (and I love them,
too), but nice people like Ray can unwittingly make life harder for working
musicians by limiting the amount of money they can charge or by taking their
work away completely in some locations. So, while it many be our
?responsibility to share freely with those in need? (as Ray says), let us
first make sure they are really ?in need? and not just looking for a way to
avoid using money that was already set aside in their ?entertainment budget?
for a talented professional with bills to pay.
Respectfully submitted,
Nancy Giffin
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2007 16:19:35 EST
From: acjspres at aol.com
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] playing for free
To: dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
Message-ID: <be5.1018b365.32ff90e7 at aol.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII"
Twice I have offered to play at a club each Monday night for two weeks for
free to show the owner that Monday might become his best night rather than
his
slowest. I paid the guys in my band out of my own pocket.
In the first case we ended up playing every Monday for over a year and it
bacame the best night of the week for the club. In the second case they
moved us
to Wed night (due to monday night football) and we were there for over two
years (until the owner passed away).
If you have a following and you are pretty sure they will show up (location
is key) then give it a shot...it can't hurt.
Make sure the guy hiring you understands that it will take a couple of
months for you to get the word out in order to maximize attendance.
It is typical marketing....just like money back if not satisfied.
Joe Hopkins
AZ Classic Jazz Society Vice-President
Jazz Clarinet...52nd Street Jazz Band 602-810-5888 or 480-396-6798
_www.azclassicjazz.org_ (http://www.azaclassicjazz.org/)
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Message: 3
Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2007 21:38:00 +0000
From: rahberry at comcast.net
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Archives
To: Dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com (Dixieland Jazz)
Message-ID:
<021020072138.6334.45CE3B380001256A000018BE2200745672979D9D0A0D080E9D at comca
st.net>
How do I access the DJML archives?
I want to search for Bill Gunter's "average chord" and the email about the
banjo club meeting.
-- Rae Ann
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Message: 4
Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2007 17:29:23 -0500
From: Snogpitch <snogpitch at prodigy.net>
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Archives
To: Dixieland Jazz <Dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
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Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII"
Click on that link at the bottom
http://ml.islandnet.com/mailman/listinfo/dixielandjazz , when you get to
that page click on the Dixieland Archives link at the top of the page.
on 2/10/07 4:38 PM, rahberry at comcast.net at rahberry at comcast.net wrote:
> How do I access the DJML archives?
> I want to search for Bill Gunter's "average chord" and the email about the
> banjo club meeting.
> -- Rae Ann
>
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Message: 5
Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2007 10:36:27 +1100
From: Bill Haesler <bhaesler at bigpond.net.au>
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Birthday Boy
To: Don Ingle <dingle at nomadinter.net>
Cc: dixieland jazz mail list <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Message-ID: <C1F4A22B.12DE4%bhaesler at bigpond.net.au>
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> Bill Haesler wrote:
>>> Looking for lyrics to "An Old Canvas Dress" or whatever the actual
title.
>>>
>>
Dear Don,
Have a great "Happy Birthday", notwithstanding the extreme winter conditions
in the 'backwoods'.
We are thinking of you and will raise our glasses and have a drink for you
at the pub later today.
John 'Darkie' McCarthy has asked me to convey his best wishes too, and
fondly recalls the memories, jam sessions and hospitality extended to the
Bob Barnard Band those many years ago in the US.
Kind regards,
Bill (on behalf of the DJML Australian contingent).
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Message: 6
Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2007 18:57:53 EST
From: BANJOforME at aol.com
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] archives access
To: dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
Message-ID: <beb.b82891f.32ffb601 at aol.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII"
how to access song files
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Message: 7
Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2007 00:13:48 +0000
From: John Petters <jdpetters at btinternet.com>
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] One of the best Snake Rag's!
To: Rebecca Thompson <rebecca.e.thompson at verizon.net>
Cc: 'dixieland jazz mail list' <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Message-ID: <45CE5FBC.1080707 at btinternet.com>
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Thanks to Fr Mike, Bill and Rebecca for the nice comments. I'll amend
the text to give myself a name credit! The leader does say it is my band.
Good fun as always with these guys. A live performance - not perfect - a
few clams, but it felt good on the night.
For the interested there is a version of Stevedore Stomp from the same
venue but a year earlier.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=tIbFNNAdvJY&mode=related&search=
or the link to my You Tube Group is
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=johnpetters
In addition to the classic stuff there are a couple of videos with Wild
Bill and Art Hodes with my band in '89, some quartets, trios and other
goodies.
Have a good weekend all & keep swinging
John Petters
www.traditional-jazz.com
Amateur Radio Station G3YPZ
Rebecca Thompson wrote:
>
> To John Petters.... Your name is not in the credits with others under the
> discription to the right of the video.
>
> Rebecca
> Flower Mound, TX
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dixielandjazz-bounces at ml.islandnet.com
> [mailto:dixielandjazz-bounces at ml.islandnet.com] On Behalf Of Bill Haesler
> Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 11:53 PM
> To: Mike Logsdon; dixieland jazz mail list
> Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] One of the best Snake Rag's!
>
>> http://youtube.com/watch?v=38hMlgq18mE ,
>
>
> Dear Father Mike,
> Wot?
> A non-American band playing Classic Jazz.
> Now that didn't hurt, did it?
> 8>)
> As usual, DJMLer John Petters has put his music where his mouth is.
> Great stuff.
> Kind regards,
> Bill.
>
>
>
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Message: 8
Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2007 20:16:16 -0500
From: rorel at aol.com
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Playing for free vs undermining the pros
To: NANCYink at surewest.net
Cc: dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
Message-ID: <8C91B915CB1887F-D90-824 at WEBMAIL-MC06.sysops.aol.com>
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Hello Nancy -- a pleasure to meet you, if only online.
I agree with you wholeheartedly, up to a point. I would never dream of
offering my services free of charge to a venue which normally pays for the
very same service. It would be very wrong of me to appraoch, let's say a
restaurant or country club that hires a band and offer to play regularly for
nothing. THat would personify the phrase "unethical in the extreme." As a
working musician myself, that is not in my repertoire.
However, a nursing home has, as you rightly pointed out, a budget. Whether
it be for the month or the year they have a budget with, I am guessing, a
certain amoutn for arts & crafts, a certain amount for field trips and a
certain amount for music. If I call a facility on a Saturday morning and ask
if they'd like me to come in later that afternoon and play for an hour, I am
not taking a gig away from anybody. The regular musicians are booked well in
advance and their income is not jeopordized by my spotty appearances. (I
refer to my irregular gigs, not to my my physical appearances, which are
irregular enough). My coming in is a little langiappe for the residents and,
IMHO, hurts nobody. Parenthetically, quite often I am told, "I am sorry, we
have a group coming in today." And I hang up the phone knowing that the old
folks will be entertained. For me, that's even better than playing myself
for I know they are being entertained regularly. Rest assured, i am not
taking anything !
from anyone. If I thought I was, I certainly would stop right away.
Regarding fundraisers: I am in the midst of preparing one right now -- the
second such event for a little boy with neurofibromatosis (Elephant Man
Disease). It is not in my nature to ask people who use their music money as
income to play for nothing. As Steve Barbone says he does, I pay them out of
my own pocket. I add that I am up-front with the musicians, telling them the
cause and where their funds are coming from. Many waive or reduce their fee,
but that is their choice. I dislike being asked to play for nothing myself,
why should I ask a crony to do so?
Case in point: I found myself a guest at a hoy-palloy party one time and as
the dinner plates were being cleared the hostess announced, "And now Mr.
Osnato will favor us with a selection at the piano." I blushed and said
thank you but I came as a guest and I was really not prepared to play. "Oh
Mr. Osnato," insisted the hostess," you must play -- I've already announced
you."
So I played. And played. And played. For forty-five minutes I played to the
best of my modest ability. The hostess was most appreciative after the
impromptu concert and told me I made her and her party a huge success.
The next day I sent her a bill for $450.
She paid. But for some reason I have never been invited back.
Ray Osnato
From: NANCYink at surewest.net
To: dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
Sent: Sat, 10 Feb 2007 3:44 PM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Playing for free vs undermining the pros
REPLY TO RAY:
Hello, Ray,
While I admire what you?re doing for the residents of the nursing homes, I
would only suggest that rather than calling a ?nursing home at random,? you
might only call nursing homes that never, ever hire professional musicians
to perform at their location. There are serious, full-time or part-time
musicians who look to nursing homes for much-needed income, and they can?t
compete with kindly folks like you who give your talent away in exchange for
the satisfaction it gives you to do community service. Likewise, as a
graphic designer for both print and the Web, I cannot compete with artists
who give away their work for the satisfaction of seeing their work in print.
I certainly do my fair share of pro-bono work for the local jazz society,
but that is work that the STJS would not pay anyone to do. (Instead, the
STJS will find the most qualified volunteer for the job.) And certainly
there are professional musicians who will work for free while starting out
and needing to promote themselves and network (establish new contacts for
future paying jobs).
All this to say that ?warm fuzzies? are well and good (and I love them,
too), but nice people like Ray can unwittingly make life harder for working
musicians by limiting the amount of money they can charge or by taking their
work away completely in some locations. So, while it many be our
?responsibility to share freely with those in need? (as Ray says), let us
first make sure they are really ?in need? and not just looking for a way to
avoid using money that was already set aside in their ?entertainment budget?
for a talented professional with bills to pay.
Respectfully submitted,
Nancy Giffin
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Message: 9
Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2007 21:48:27 -0500
From: tcashwigg at aol.com
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Playing for free vs undermining the pros
To: dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
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Now that was a class act Mr. Osnato:))
Makes you hate the Hoy Palloy set
Bravo!!
Tom Wiggins
Case in point: I found myself a guest at a hoy-palloy party one time
and as the
dinner plates were being cleared the hostess announced, "And now Mr.
Osnato will
favor us with a selection at the piano." I blushed and said thank you
but I came
as a guest and I was really not prepared to play. "Oh Mr. Osnato,"
insisted the
hostess," you must play -- I've already announced you."
So I played. And played. And played. For forty-five minutes I played
to the
best of my modest ability. The hostess was most appreciative after the
impromptu
concert and told me I made her and her party a huge success.
The next day I sent her a bill for $450.
She paid. But for some reason I have never been invited back.
Ray Osnato
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Message: 10
Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2007 07:01:31 +0000 (GMT)
From: JOHN FARRELL <stridepiano at btinternet.com>
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] FTP help request
To: dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
Message-ID: <20070211070131.3981.qmail at web86107.mail.ird.yahoo.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
Since I switched to broadband three days ago I have been unable to access my
website to add more music. Are there any FTP experts on the list willing to
offer advice? If so, please contact me offlist.
Thanks,
John Farrell
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Message: 11
Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2007 01:19:35 -0600
From: Lowell Busching <verbose at daktel.com>
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Playing for free or pay.
To: dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
Message-ID: <45CEC387.7070400 at daktel.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed
Is it just a coincidence that at a time when one of the threads on the
DJML concerns playing for free that the cartoonist who draws Hagar the
Horrible came out with a cartoon where Hagar's blond daughter is saying
to her boyfriend Lute, "Lute. After we're married, do you still plan to
make your living as a musician?" Lute responds, "Yes, why do you ask?"
Honey says, "I just wanted to know if I'll have to get a full-time job
for the rest of my life!
If any of you full time musicians on this list recognize yourself, keep
it to yourselves. Your families might not think it is funny. :-) The
rest of us need the musicians to keep working regardless.
Mad Dawg
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Message: 12
Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2007 05:54:37 EST
From: Jeffmatthews111 at aol.com
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Fourteenth St. Blues
To: dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
Message-ID: <d2b.6948b43.33004fed at aol.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII"
Hello All,
I was phoned by a clarinetist friend of mine yesterday asking me if I knew
of a number called 14th St. Blues. He had heard it played by Ken Peplowski.
Could anyone tell me something about this tune, if the music is available
or
a Band in the Box version is anywhere around and I can pass that information
back to my friend.
Thank you in advance for your help - and for a great list.
Cheers,
Jeff Matthews
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Message: 13
Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2007 09:44:09 -0500
From: Steve Barbone <barbonestreet at earthlink.net>
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Cruise Gig Abuses
To: DJML <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Message-ID: <C1F495E9.8697%barbonestreet at earthlink.net>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII"
A jazz musician who does cruise gigs told me that some Cruise companies are
now taking a rake off from band CD sales. Some twenty percent.
If true, what #@$%^%%$# Gall. First of all, they don't pay the musicians and
now they want a percentage? What's next, pay to play?
Yeah, I know, you don't have to pay for the cruise. BUT, no drinks, no
spending money for port visits. etc.
When are cruise jazz musicians going to wise up and realize that they are
playing FREE, harming the market and being ripped off by the cruise lines?
When are the booking agents going to realize that they provide profit for
the cruise lines. And therefore they should tell them to get stuffed when
they want to take a percentage of CD sales.
Or have both the agents and the musicians, No Balls?
Time for a "maritime musicians union"? Unless, of course, Pogo was right
and; "we have met the enemy and he is us."
Cheers,
Steve Barbone
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Message: 14
Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2007 10:05:41 -0500
From: Don Ingle <dingle at nomadinter.net>
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Playing for free or pay.
To: verbose at daktel.com
Cc: dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
Message-ID: <45CF30C5.2010609 at nomadinter.net>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
Lowell Busching wrote:
> Is it just a coincidence that at a time when one of the threads on the
> DJML concerns playing for free that the cartoonist who draws Hagar the
> Horrible came out with a cartoon where Hagar's blond daughter is saying
> to her boyfriend Lute, "Lute. After we're married, do you still plan to
> make your living as a musician?" Lute responds, "Yes, why do you ask?"
>
> Honey says, "I just wanted to know if I'll have to get a full-time job
> for the rest of my life!
>
> If any of you full time musicians on this list recognize yourself, keep
> it to yourselves. Your families might not think it is funny. :-) The
> rest of us need the musicians to keep working regardless.
>
> Mad Dawg
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
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> Dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
> http://ml.islandnet.com/mailman/listinfo/dixielandjazz
>
> I did see it and clipped it out. I also clipped out a running gag thread
about iPODS in the strip Pickles -- about an elderly couple. Asked how many
songs did the oldster have on his iPOD he answered "just one...unfortunately
the Hamonicats didn't make too many records."
Great cartoon strip about an old couple -- I can relate to it, as I hit
the big 76 yesterday. 76? That's the "Spirot."
Don Ingle
>
>
>
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Message: 15
Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2007 10:41:45 -0500
From: Jerry Gordon <jerrygordon at juno.com>
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Playing for free or pay.
To: dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
Message-ID: <20070211.104328.3300.3.jerrygordon at juno.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
How do you get $1,000,000 as a jazz musician?
Start with $2,000,000.
On Sun, 11 Feb 2007 01:19:35 -0600 Lowell Busching <verbose at daktel.com>
writes:
> Is it just a coincidence that at a time when one of the threads on
> the
> DJML concerns playing for free that the cartoonist who draws Hagar
> the
> Horrible came out with a cartoon where Hagar's blond daughter is
> saying
> to her boyfriend Lute, "Lute. After we're married, do you still plan
> to
> make your living as a musician?" Lute responds, "Yes, why do you
> ask?"
>
> Honey says, "I just wanted to know if I'll have to get a full-time
> job
> for the rest of my life!
>
> If any of you full time musicians on this list recognize yourself,
> keep
> it to yourselves. Your families might not think it is funny. :-)
> The
> rest of us need the musicians to keep working regardless.
>
> Mad Dawg
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Message: 16
Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2007 10:56:09 -0500
From: rorel at aol.com
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Playing for free or pay.
To: dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
Message-ID: <8C91C0C48251130-AC4-E66A at WEBMAIL-MC16.sysops.aol.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
Three fellows show up at the Pearly Gates and St. Peter tells them that
there is a new rule in Heaven. You will now be assigned your place according
to how much money you made your last year on Earth. He asks each new arrival
to say how much money they made.
The first fellow steps forward and says, "I was a high-profile plastic
surgeon in Hollywood and I made two-and-a-half million."
"Ok," replies St. Peter, "step over there to the left."
The next guy steps up and says, "I was a CEO of one of the biggest
Corporations on the planet and I made over ten-million dollars."
St. Peter makes a notation in the Holy Register and says "Most impressive,
over here to the right, please."
The last fellow steps up and proudly proclaims, "I made $9,000 last year."
St. Peter strokes his beard and asks, "Hmmm...What instrument did you
play?"
Ray Osnato
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Message: 17
Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2007 16:52:40 -0000
From: "pat ladd" <pj.ladd at btinternet.com>
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Frankie Laine Obit
To: "jazz" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
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Sorry to hear this news.
I first heard Frankie Lane on film in a little known black and white called,
I think, `Make believe Ballroom`. It was a thin story about radio performers
learning to make the switch to TV. Move about, gesture etc instead of just
standing motiionless in front of a mike.
I went chasing my local record shop for Frankie Lane stuff the next day but
they had never heard of him and there was nothing in the catalogues. It was
ages before I ran any of his records, 78`s of course to earth.
I think Billy Daniels and Dinah Shore also appeared in the film..
A sad loss.
Pat
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Message: 18
Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2007 12:41:46 -0500
From: "Craig I. Johnson" <civanj at roadrunner.com>
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Frankie Laine Obit
To: pat ladd <pj.ladd at btinternet.com>, dixieland jazz mail list
<dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
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There's a station in Portland Maine -- "The Bay" aon 1400 and 1490 AM
that plays the oldies 1930-1970s" all day with a lot of vocal and some
instrumentals.
It is one of the purveyors of the synicated programming called
":THe Music of Your Life".
(Check out http://musicofyourlife.com/ for your area if interested
-- at least in the U.S.)
My truck radio only has 3 presets that I bother with..
That one and and 88.1 FM where I listen to my iPod.
full of dixie and swing and WBACH for classical & jazz.
For several days after Frankie Laine's
death they played many if not all of his recordings. It took me back
joyously to my earler years. I really enjoyed Frankie.
Craig Johnson
pat ladd wrote:
>Sorry to hear this news.
>
>I first heard Frankie Lane on film in a little known black and white
called,
>I think, `Make believe Ballroom`. It was a thin story about radio
performers
>learning to make the switch to TV. Move about, gesture etc instead of just
>standing motiionless in front of a mike.
>
>I went chasing my local record shop for Frankie Lane stuff the next day but
>they had never heard of him and there was nothing in the catalogues. It
was
>ages before I ran any of his records, 78`s of course to earth.
>
>I think Billy Daniels and Dinah Shore also appeared in the film..
>
>A sad loss.
>
>Pat
>
>
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