[Dixielandjazz] Young Bands

[Stephen G Barbone]

> Gluetje1 at aol.com wrote
>
> Checked and appreciate the leads--hurrah for the kids.  Could not find
> SugarTone Brass Band on You Tube or My Space.  Why is Austin the  
> seed  bed?

Hi Ginny:

Check out Sugar Tone at:  http://www.sugartonebrass.com/live/

Check out "Little Liza Jane". Sounds VERY New Orleans

Why Austin? Heck they have 1700 bands performing at South By Southwest  
(SXSW) every year. Lots of junk there, but also bands like Asylum  
Street, Sick's Pack and others. Check out the "friends" of Asylum  
Street and Sick's Pack on their myspace sites and you come up with a  
bunch of young Austin bands, some of whom are very good. I think the  
music feeds on itself in any area where you have activist bands  
performing. To me, Austin sounds like such a place.

Violinist Sick, from Sick's Pack wrote me yesterday that he will be in  
NYC with his ukulele playing girl friend in July and asked if they  
could sit in  with us old boys at some of our July gigs in Philly. If  
we can put it together I think it would be great fun.

Cheers
Steve Barbone
www.myspace.com/barbonestreetjazzband