[Dixielandjazz] The Who Super Bowl Show - Was Playing for Free

[dwlit at cpcug.org]

One aspect of The Who's appearance is the fact millions of TV viewers are
quite familiar with portions of 3 of their tunes that are the themes of 
"CSI", "CSI: Miami" and "CSI: New York", and therefore are engraved in
their heads. I'm sure this has created a lot of curiosity on the part of
viewers who haven't heard the whole tunes. Yes this includes me...

--Sheik

> Kash commented about his Coronation gig and a huge worldwide audience
> not resulting in increased record sales. As opposed to the Who, are
> playing the Super Bowl gig free and expecting increased sales/profits
> as a future result.
>
> I think the difference may be that the Super Bowl halftime show
> presents the band as THE Attraction. The TV exposure is 12 minutes of
> Band, screaming/adoring fans, pyrotechnics, hype etc. It is THE event,
> the experience, not merely adjunct music.
>
>
> Steve Barbone
> www.myspace.com/barbonestreetjazzband
>