[Dixielandjazz] Guitar Bands

[Stephen G Barbone]

  Marek Boym wrote:

> I guess that whoever said that meant "rock" bands, not groups like
> this.  I've just listened - very nice.
> The recent fad in OKOM has been Gypsy swing - definitely "guitar
> bands<' and nobody seems to claim THEY have ruined the music.
>
> On 01/04/2008, Stephen G Barbone <barbonestreet at earthlink.net> wrote:
>> Guitar Bands ruined music?
>>
>> There are hundreds of Guitar Bands that are wonderful. One example  
>> is the
>> Marshall Ford Swing Band based in, you guessed it Austin Texas.  
>> Hear their
>> "Some of These Days"  and others at:
>>
>> http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=49310775
>>
>> Must be quite a few of these Jazz/Western Swing bands all over the
>> Southwest.

The interesting thing about being active on myspace is that you get to  
hear all sorts of current musical offerings. And like Marek says,  
there is plenty of Gypsy swing, Western Swing, Guitar swing, etc. Not  
much US Dixieland, but lots of European Dixieland, from Serbia to  
Sweden. Why is that, USA band leaders?

Marek, for another treat hear a Boswell Sisters type group, just back  
from a European tour and based in Portland Oregon USA, called "Stolen  
Sweets": Go to:
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=11780042
Or go to my "myspace" page under my signoff, and check them out among  
my "friends". Just click on their logo for their song offerings.

Funny that they are not seen at USA OKOM Festivals, yet actively  
touring Europe.Hmmm.

Yep, there is all kinds of great music being performed at the  
nightclub, street festival, swing dance, public concert level that  
many of us oldsters are unaware of. Perhaps because we don't get out  
much, or maybe we are too inner directed. For a sample of what's out  
there, go to my "myspace" page  and check out  my "friends". Just  
click on logos for their song offerings. So much music, so little  
time. Seeing/hearing what is going on in the here and now will renew  
your faith in the music of the young. Lots of good among the bad.


Cheers,
Steve Barbone
www.myspace.com/barbonestreetjazzband