[Dixielandjazz] Good music + fun, George Probert + FH5+2

[Marek Boym]

And, when that band's name comes up so does the argument about the
> "entertainment" side of that band.  I bought gobs of their albums when I
> was
> a teenager, and saw them live in a tiny club in Los Angeles even.
>
> I think the poor FHF+2 suffered too much condemnation for their
> entertaining
> & the costumes & sirens.


Costumes - not so much, as those were not visible on the radio or the
recordings.  But the non-musical noises, which arguably might have added to
the fun in person, were just that - non-musical noises - on records.  I
still remember a three minute Kissing Blues with some half an hour kissing
sonds (it sounded at least that long), and other recordings where well
played music was disturbed and disrupted by varioun extra-musical,
unswinging sounds.  Sure, those were interspersed with some excellent
tracks, but one could not just skip on those old LPs.
Cheers



> Much of that came from other musicians that
> weren't doing as well as they were.  They were a solid, strong dixieland
> band...that didn't mind having a little fun, also.  The main thing is that
> they first played well.  The fun part was secondary.
>
> It's a lesson I learned from them, and I'm not particularly adverse to the
> fun bit myself as you can see in this video from our gig last Saturday
> nite.
> http://youtu.be/Y75FmHXhkR0
>
> We originally were contracted in November to play this restaurant one nite
> a
> month.  We have been booked for two weekends (4 nites) this month after our
> first two month's successes.
>
> We play good music, plus have a good time at it = more gigs!  We had one
> nite at another club at the beginning of the month, and have another 4
> nites
> at another at the end of this month, which gives us a nice round gig
> calendar this month.  And...we get snubbed by some other local musicians
> 'cause we are "entertaining"!   :>
>
> The owner has latched on to our playing Happy Birthday at tables, and is
> advertising now to "come to our place" for your birthday! In the video we
> had two different birthdays...Carlota & Elio (who turned out to be the
> son-in-law of the owner!).
>
> Jim
>
>
>
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