[Dixielandjazz] Who, where (and how old?)

[Charles Suhor]

Good that you're still in the game, Charlie. several DJMLers have mentioned their ages, and if I glean rightly, we're a pretty, er, seasoned group—70+, maybe? I'm 83 but stopped drumming at 72 when the tubs, as we once called them, got too heavy to tote, my foot went all sluggish, etc. Many bands are playing our kinds of music, but I wonder if groups like this will suffer the fate of IAJRC. It was a terrific group with scholarly articles in it journal, but by its rolls I saw that the membership was superannuated (love that word), and it folded.. The "American Rag" has morphed into "Syncopated Times," keeping up with trad, Dixieland, and bands, festivals, and artists. Yes, it mostly covers USA and this list ranges far and wide, but it's more literate and entertaining than it predecessor and available online. I've rambled here, as befits an octogenarian, but at 2:20 am (still a night hawk—old habits die hard), I'm going to bed.

Charles

> On Oct 17, 2018, at 12:21 AM, Charlie Hull <charleshull7652 at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> Charlie Hull, Sacramento, California
> 
> Tenor sax, clarinet, bass, guitar
> 
> Joined the list in its early years. At Bill Gunter's request, made DJML badges one year for Sacramento Jazz Jubilee rendezvous.
> 
> Celebrated my 90th in April. Still playing a half dozen gigs a month; mostly as sideperson on tenor and clarinet.
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> Keep on keepin' on.
> 
> Charlie
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