[Dixielandjazz] Austin TX jazz band article

[David Richoux]

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This is how Mark wrote to introduce the link to that article (on his  
blog)
> The simple truth that few people care to aknowledge is that being a  
> popular local band has no cache' outside of your own home town's  
> city limits. That was never more true for Austin, the Live  
> Rehearsal Capitol of the World. Those of us who have travelled  
> extensively know well that being from Austin means a lot, but being  
> in Austin means very, very little.
>
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> Play one little gig out of town, and you create press and interest  
> in your group that you could never garner at home. The local papers  
> have completely ignored Alice Spencer's new group, not even  
> daigning to reveiw her wonderful new CD. But go 70 miles south and  
> be appreciated.
>
> A years worth of Thursdays the Hole and Wall = nothing.
>
> One Friday night in San Antonio = glowing press.
So Mark did not call it "antique music" - the author of the piece did.

Dave Richoux


On May 9, 2007, at 6:04 PM, Gluetje1 at aol.com wrote:

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> I noticed that word also and had the opposite reaction.  Maybe the   
> ticket is
> to market "timeless, irreplaceable, invaluable retro sounds vamped for
> today's sophisticated listeners".  LOL
> Ginny
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> In a message dated 5/9/2007 7:25:50 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
> ds.augustine at mail.utexas.edu writes:
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> Yes.  Good on ya, Dave.  (But "antique music"?   Please.  As
> someone else said, "Anything that's not busy bein' born  is busy
> dyin'." [or something like that]  This style of music may  have been
> born a century ago, but it is in no way dying.)
> Alice Spencer and Her Monkey Butlers have a CD out that i like a
> lot, and it's available at:
> http://cdbaby.com/cd/aspencer
>
> Dan
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