Re: [Harp-L] Blues jams

[Garry <harp@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 10/15/2011 03:59 PM, John F. Potts wrote:
> "One thing that hasn't been mentioned is preferential treatment 
> towards players that aren't necessarily pros or names but just happen 
> to know somebody and be in the club."
>
> Yeah.  But there's another aspect to this.  Some players are a known 
> quantity with the ability to hold things together in an 
> improvisational setting even when playing with musicians who may not 
> be able to keep things  together very effectively on their own.  Such 
> players are inevitably  going to get called up and given more stage time.
that may be the theory, or the excuse.  but in my experience it's 
usually just somebody's buddies.


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