[Dixielandjazz] First Annual Big Bang Ball

[Stephen G Barbone]

Now, here's one way to sell Dixieland. Get back to the roots -   
"boozing the night away . . .with a 1920′s gaudiness, reminiscent of  
tawdry, dangerous jazz. . .   devious lyrics . . . sinister  
Charlestons."



Yeah, but is it Art?



Who in the audience cares? Originally they came to enjoy it because it  
was wickedly sinful music to booze by. The Art was secondary and later  
on, the art snobs almost killed it.



Cheers,

Steve Barbone

www.myspace.com/barbonestreetjazzband



The First Annual Big Bang Ball

April 7, 2012

8:00PM – 11:00PM
The Goat Farm Atlanta

Featuring appearances by :
BLAIR CRIMMINS & THE HOOKERS
Crimmins brings The Hookers out to blast the room with Dixieland  
horns, rowdy ragtime piano and gypsy jazz guitar. Crooning and boozing  
the night away, he delivers everything you would expect from a man who  
claims to be possessed by the ghost of an old vaudevillian accordion  
player. Songs jump with a 1920′s gaudiness, reminiscent of tawdry,  
dangerous jazz. While devious lyrics can mirror the sinister  
Charlestons they accompany, Crimmins also has a grab bag of unjaded  
torch songs at his disposal, spotlighting the loneliness of a life  
spent in the shadows.