[Dixielandjazz] Oldest Jazz Bands still playing

[M J (Mike) Logsdon]

I think this was both a loaded, and a very interesting, question from 
the get-go.  In truth, there's no way to answer it.  We know by now what 
the questioner meant by "continuous", but as long as something doesn't 
officially cease to exist, wouldn't "regular" on "periodically" be more 
apt?  Take South Frisco; it "officially" "hung up its hat" in 1998, but 
has played, and for all I know several times, since then, for a variety 
of functions, mostly private, I think.  Can we say, though, that it no 
longer "exists"?  And if the Bob Cats went for a while not playing, did 
that mean they didn't exist?

I don't mean to be a bother to the questioner or anyone.  But this 
question, never to be perfectly expressed, was bound to consternate!