[Dixielandjazz] When to Pack it In.

[Stephen G Barbone]

> "Robert Ringwald" <rsr at ringwald.com> wrote in part
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>> I guess I'm in the minority here along with Ginny.  IMO, musos should
>> keep performing as long as they enjoy it.
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> There are no absolutes.
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> I doubt that Steve would still have the same opinion if he had seen  
> Earl Hines as I did.

Don't doubt me Bob. I regret that I was unable see Earl Hines perform  
in 1983 in San Francisco the week before he died. I would have loved  
it, no matter how badly he might have played or how out of it he might  
have been. The man was a legend and that's what I would have seen.

IMO Hines was performing because he wanted to and that's quite OK with  
me.

Cheers,
Steve Barbone
www.myspace.com/barbonestreetjazzband