[Dixielandjazz] Royal Crown Revue and horn based bands.

[Kent Murdick]

As simple as this music is (youtube.com / Royal Crown Revue) it's good
to see horn bands of any type making a comeback.  With horn based bands
there is only one way the quality can go, and that's up, IMO.  The
problem with the guitar based bands of the last 50 years is that they
have remained musically static.  Generations of guitar bands have left
the popular music scene in ruins.
This is due, IMO, to the fact that it is very difficult to read music on
the guitar and guitarists are
generally  musically illiterate. For example, the 2nd line G (treble
clef) on the guitar can be played in four places with a total of 13
different fingerings.  Guitarists usually learn play by memorizing
finger patterns..  Anyone who has ever learned the Berkley Jazz School
guitar scale system ( as I did) can attest to how difficult it is to
gain even a modicum of freedom and music skills on this instrument.

Kent