From: someone@anywheret.net   
      
   "JimD"  wrote in message news:2017102921131336537-email@nowherecom...   
      
   > I have some friends who work some pretty scary places. Sometimes I get   
   > called to fill in.  But our own gigs, nope, we won't go to those places as   
   > a group. For one, I dont' want my van trashed in the parking lot.  And   
   > band girl just wouldn't go.   
      
   I wouldn't go there either!   
      
   > some churches around here do just that.   
      
   Church bands playing THAT MUCH too loud?   
      
   Maybe there should at least be some Prayers for their turning it down!   
      
   > In the past, clubs like that were members only. Now, with the decline in   
   > live music, they open the doors to the general public sometimes. Not sure   
   > how that's handled liquer license wise, but we're seeing more and more of   
   > it.   
      
   I'm always uncomfortable about such situations, exclusive, elitist...creeps   
   me out and turns me off!   
      
   > we pretty much call GC or Sweetwater if we want something.  It'll be a   
   > good price and will show up at my door the next day usually.  Next   
   > fallback is Amazon or ebay.  Those have longer delivery times, usually a   
   > week or so.   
      
   That's just fine IF I Know what I'm after...which means that I FIRST MUST   
   SEE IT IN PERSON and CHECK IT OUT to SEE if that's what I want...and since   
   obviously, that can't be done online, what's the use? Because HOW can I KNOW   
   what I want without a Personal Experience?   
      
   > I wrote down what the band we saw last night played. In plain terms, it   
   > was not even close appropriate for the venue. Old soul music mostly. I   
   > wonder how it is that ( pc trigger warning )  white musicicans in 2017 end   
   > up playing songs that would be standard black bar fare of about 1968 to   
   > 1973 or so ?   Tribal.   
      
   Although I've never been to any black bars, the years you mentioned do   
   indicate that the soul and r&b material would be pretty awesome, and I   
   wouldn't mind playing it because to me, it's all part of rock & roll and I   
   Love it all...but I refuse to be Limited to any 'subgenre', tribal or   
   otherwise, because I'm still into *genuine* diversity in Music.   
      
   > Who do these people think they are playing for ?  Do they think they would   
   > ever be accepted by the tribe they aren't and will never be part of ?   
      
   If they do it Well, they'll be accepted.   
      
   > Answer is, partly, that the music of their " tribe ", white musicians of   
   > that era, was undancable crap.   
      
   And nowadays, it's called 'pop' and almost all of it is danceable Crap.   
      
   > It was drug music and political protest stuff.   
      
   COOL!!! I can dig it....and even wrote some that could be ascribed to:   
      
   Drugs:   
      
   "Fly High"   
   "Departure"   
      
   Protest:   
      
   "Mirrorworld"   
   "How Did We Get In Here"   
   "When I Look"   
   "The Flag Waves On"   
   "Be Who You Are"   
   "Taking It Back"   
   "Smooth Sailing"   
   "The Spearhead"   
   "Why Are You Asking Me?"   
   "One-Sided Nothing"   
   "Going The Distance"   
   "Paradigm Return"   
      
   to name a 'few' ;)   
      
   Since I'm not into dancing, I wouldn't know how danceable they might be, but   
   I do know that those into dancing can dance to just about anything.   
      
   > At least the soul brothers played songs you could dance too.   
      
   Some of the tunes more than others.   
      
   > For what it's worth, I did Play that Funky Music Whiteboy, as a request,   
   > for some very nice black tourists yesterday at our gig. They liked it, I   
   > sang it totally guilt free.  See, I never owned any slaves, nor did my   
   > family, so I'm a proud Appalacian, totally white guilt free.   
      
   Jim   
      
   I don't do guilt trips either. I'm from the ghetto myself, Chicago's   
   Infamous Englewood neighborhood, and have known nothing but poverty,   
   hardship, and constant struggling to survive since day one, which is why   
   I've come to understand the Satanic idea of so-called 'money' so very well   
   and thoroughly Despise Filthy Lucre to the point where I'm aiming to make   
   millions in Music so I can give it away!   
      
   Ouisie   
      
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