[Dixielandjazz] Sitting Down

[Robert Ringwald]

Jim Kash wrote in part:



I'm quite shocked by the amount of bands I see on YouTube with the front line sitting down.  I couldn't pull it off sitting down in a million years.



Last nite I was at the opposite end of the club from the stage playing a solo on "Shout 'Em Aunt Tillie" playing at a table that had been a bit frantic in their talking (American tourists!).  I managed to get them to quiet down & listen with that little trick, and could never pull that off while sitting in a chair on the stage.

(snip)





Yeah, those lazy bums. Playing a 3, 4, or even 5-hour gig doesn’t bother me. 



To change the subject slightly, I once had a horn player call me and suggest that we pay the singer less because she only sang 3-songs per set. 



I told him that was a good idea. In fact, since the rhythm players play all the time and the horn players only part of the time, it would also be a good idea to pay the horn players less. I never heard another word on the subject.



-Bob Ringwald
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