[Dixielandjazz] Crappy pianos - the solution

[tcashwigg at aol.com]

Well with all those burned pianos does that mean that perhaps someone 
actually has been shooting the piano player all these years ?

As for the lesson Larry:  well maybe most audiences just don't listen 
to or hear music the way we musos do and it may just not be all that 
important to them.   That has generally been my interpretation at most 
Weddings anyway.   They are simply preoccupied with their own agenda to 
really pay that close attention to the music.   Unless of course it is 
a musicians wedding  :))   Then the whole audience and bridal party are 
of course critics. :))   The other lesson is take h money thank them 
very much and run before they ask for a refund, and if that happens, 
BLAME it all on the obviously not very good piano player and only 
refund his pay :))

Running for cover now :((

Cheers,

Tom Wiggins

-----Original Message-----
From: larrys.bands at charter.net
To: pj.ladd at btinternet.com; roadie at btinternet.com
Cc: dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
Sent: Sun, 25 Feb 2007 11:55 AM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Crappy pianos - the solution

    In the early 60's my band had a gig at a VFW hall in South St. 
Louis.  We
were used to out of tune but this piano was missing strings and hammers
right in the middle.  The show must go on and we proceeded to sound 
really
bad and the piano player was playing solos in the top couple of 
octaves.
Did I forget to say it was really out of tune?  The evening drew to a 
close
and I could foresee that we weren't going to get paid but the Brides 
father
paid us and even gave us a tip.  He thought the band was great????  Not 
only
that we booked three gigs off of that night.

There might be a lesson there for all of us but I'm not sure what it is.
Larry
St. Louis
----- Original Message -----
From: "pat ladd" <pj.ladd at btinternet.com>
To: "Dingo" <roadie at btinternet.com>
Cc: "jazz" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2007 11:09 AM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Crappy pianos - the solution


>a new piano, so the old upright wasdispatched in style by the steam
>catapult
> off the flight deck.>>
>
> Hi,
>
> Pete Cook and Dudley Moore used a sequence firing a piano, and  I 
believe
> the pianist, from a flat top at the end of one of their series. "Not 
only
> but also". perhaps?
>
> I am surprised that there are that many pianos left as in the UK in 
the
> 60`s
> or thereabouts piano smashing races became very popular at village 
fairs
> etc.  there would be a metal ring about 18inches in diameter and the 
piano
> had to be smashed into small enough pieces to put them through the 
ring..
>
> The whole idea horrified me. About like burning books. The barbarians 
are
> inside the gates.
>
> Cheers
>
> Pat
>
>
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