[Dixielandjazz] Expanding the Repertoire for OKOM/Dixieland

[Larry Walton Entertainment - St. Louis]

we do Radio and Rubber Ducky all the time people seem to like them.
Larry
St. Louis
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Barbone" <barbonestreet at earthlink.net>
To: "Larry Walton" <larrys.bands at charter.net>
Cc: "Dixieland Jazz Mailing List" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2007 11:46 AM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Expanding the Repertoire for OKOM/Dixieland


> DWSI at aol.com
>
>> To all the hard working bands out there, I'd love to hear your opinion 
>> about
>> what I hope you won't call a dumb idea. It seems to me that OKOM's 
>> appeal
>> could be broadened considerably by augmenting the list of songs played. 
>> Does
>> anyone venture into the 60's through 90's guitar-based repertoire and do 
>> it
>> in Dixie style, for example? When I played piano in a Dixie band we would
>> occasionally do Broadway show tunes in Dixie style (even before Louie's 
>> Hello
>> Dolly) and it worked. Am I stating the obvious that everyone does already 
>> or
>> is there room for new experimentation here?
>
> Yes. We do all sorts of 60's tunes. Beatles, Elvis, Show Tunes (like "If I
> Were a Bell" etc. These are tunes that the "middle aged" audience 
> recognizes
> and responds to. If other bands are not doing Beatles etc., they are 
> missing
> out on "connecting" with the mass, OKOM challenged, audience. Many of 
> these
> tunes work quite well in Dixieland format. Just like the popular tunes of
> the 1920s did during that time.
>
> We also use an amplified guitar as our chord instrument. Works great. Hear
> what Kenny Davern was doing with one, or two guitars and his repertoire. 
> Not
> new idea, shoot, Bechet went into Nicks in NYC with 2 guitars in the 
> 1940s.
>
> Cheers,
> Steve Barbone
>
>
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