Re: [Harp-L] Re: Is live blues dying out?



 Atlanta 5.3 million people , 3 Blues clubs , do the math . . .

          JB

On Oct 11, 2011, at 10:37 PM, Mike Fugazzi <mikefugazzi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> It is dead here.  Way dead.  Way, way, way dead.  Dead.
> 
> On Oct 11, 8:08 pm, Rick Davis <bluesharpa...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> I posted this on Facebook today; thought I'd pass it along here:
>> 
>> "On Reverbnation, the top Denver area Country band has 191,000 fans. The top
>> Metal band has 161,000. Hip Hop = 49,000. Rock = 23,000.
>> 
>> The top Denver area blues band has about 5600 fans. My band has 1119 fans.
>> 
>> Just sayin'..."
>> 
>> And Denver actually has a pretty decent blues scene.  But these numbers are
>> startling.  Is live blues dying out?
>> 
>> --
>> -Rick Davis
>> The Blues Harp Amps Bloghttp://www.bluesharpamps.blogspot.com/
> 




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