[Dixielandjazz] Gigs -Was quoting price

[Stephen G Barbone]

>  "Robert Ringwald" <rsr at ringwald.com> wrote (polite snip)
>
>> From Barbados.  Bob Ringwald
>
> P.S.
> Steve, Unlike you, I made a living playing music.  Worked thousands  
> of gigs.  Worked 7-nights
> a week, also cocktail hours, lunch hours.  Supported a wife and 3- 
> kids.
>
>
> Would I now rather play a few gigs in an old people's home and drive  
> to my 3rd gig in one day . . . . Or be playing with the great Bob  
> Schulz band on this 13 day Caribbean cruise?  A paid vacation for  
> myself and my wife, playing with one of the best Trad bands around  
> today.  What do you think?
>
> --Bob (Barbados is really nice) Ringwald

Good on ya mate.

I worked a day gig, made a ton of money, raised 2 kids and a bunch of  
horses. retired early and for the past 15 years or so, play a bunch of  
JAZZ gigs only, with professional jazz musicians. . . No singalong  
Pizza joints for me.

That day gig was kind of neat and enabled us to vacation, sometimes at  
business events and sometime because we just felt like going, all over  
the world including Top Resorts in the USA, Barbados, The Bahamas,  
Vegas, Europe, Mexico, South America, Antarctica, The Far East  etc,.,  
etc., etc.

So just what is your point? That you had to spend some of your own  
money on that so called "paid" vacation?

Cheers,
Steve Barbone
(who played in church before 330 people at a N.O. jazz funeral for  
2011, Jan 8)
www.myspace.com/barbonestreetjazzband