[Dixielandjazz] Do subs de-legitimize a band?

[Jim Kashishian]

A band should have its own sound.  The name of a band doesn't make the band,
it's members do. They give the band that particular sound that makes the
band what it is....something different from other bands. 

One, several, or all members of a band may lend that "special" sound which
denotes that band from others.  Obviously, bandsmen sometime need to miss a
gig, but if that special sound disappears, especially in the case of several
key members being gone, then the band is no longer what it is announced as.

If a band chooses to have a non-distinct sound, and is happy with whomever
they can get for a particular nite, then it shouldn't matter who or how many
subs show up.  But, if a band has a "known sound", then it has to be careful
as to how it presents itself to its public.

Jim