[Dixielandjazz] Mitch Miller (Washington Post)

[Harry Callaghan]

What, Bob...........no bar mitzvahs?


On 8/3/10, Robert Ringwald <rsr at ringwald.com> wrote:
>
> Hal Vickery wrote in part, regarding Mitch Miller:
>
> (snip)
> maybe he could have raised his standards and those of the listening public
> by not playing to the lowest common denominator.
>
> After reading the obit, I dislike him even more than I did before.
> (snip)
>
>
> Hal,  Them's pretty strong words about a guy who was making a living giving
> the public what they obviously wanted.
>
> I made my living for 25 years playing music, supporting a wife and
> 3-kids.  Sometimes I worked playing piano bar 7-nights a week, also cocktail
> hours, some noon lunches and lots of what we call on the West Coast, Casuals
> and on the East Coast, Club Jobs.  They are private parties, one gig for a
> country club, birthday, wedding, or whatever.  Most of the time I played
> crap because that is what I was getting paid to play.
>
> Even now, while I don't make my living playing music, I still work an
> average of 3 gigs a week.  So then, do you also dislike me?
>
>
> --Bob Ringwald
>
>
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