[Harp-L] Do Blues Jams turn the public off?

[Denny Noreikas <harpmessin@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Have Blues jams created a negative for the listening audience?

We have jams at bars on a regular basis - why, because it is usually  
cheap entertainment
for the bar owners paying minimal for a host band and nothing for the  
jammers. The patrons
get bored with the normal "what do you want to play next" delay and  
then a compromised,
"let's play a slow Blues in G". I get bored as a harp player. Some  
nights are excellent to me
but not every time. The bar owners don't care as long as they sell  
drinks at very little cost.

On the weekends they book a rock band.

Now, a Blues act comes to town and the public thinks Blues is boring  
and they don't support the event.

It is very difficult to get new listeners. You either feel the Blues  
or you don't. It scares me. I love the Blues.

Denny
Dayton, OH