Re: [Harp-L] Pocket Full of Soul attendance

[Roscoe Catania <rjcataniajr@xxxxxxxxx>]

hey Smo,don't forget me up in The Villages. I'll just wait until I see it
playin' at the local old folks rehab jam
roscoe




On Sat, Feb 23, 2013 at 12:50 PM, Joseph Leone <3n037@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>
> On Feb 23, 2013, at 11:02 AM, Mick Zaklan wrote:
>
> >   The Chicago show (Skokie) is confirmed.
>
> Well I can guess that although Chi-town is now the third largest U.S.
> city, they still have 'hangers on' from a time when they were second.
> And their zeal is still there as if they ARE still second. Consider that
> Chi was ALWAYS close to N.Y. in the old days and in fact had some of
> THE very best groups around. This may have had an osmosis effect inasmuch
> as some descendants are STLL enamored with harp.  :)
>
> >  Took a quick look at the list
> > of cities; I think out of 24 cities there are 10 that had to call off the
> > show due to poor ticket sales.  I was kind of amazed to see that St.
> Louis,
> > a city that has hosted several SPAH conventions, was only able to sell 4
> > tickets.  On the other end of the spectrum, I was startled to see that
> > Houston, Texas has sold 337 tickets!
>
> As I recall, the whole thing started Dallas 2003. PLUS Texas has ALWAYS
>  been a hotbed of harp players. Especially diatonic. Oh, and one thing
> I noted..when I watch the rushes, I get the impression that the
> documentary is diatonic centric. I am probably wrong, but that's the
> impression I got.
> It wouldn't matter to me because I am 70 and play both. But an even OLDer
> chromatic player would probably not give this film a decent chance.
> EsPECIALLY if it seemed it was going to be a lot of work to get it played
> in their locale. Old people have no patience. They like to just 'walk in
> and get served'. lol
>
> >  That's way beyond everyone else.
> > Then I noticed that the filmmaker had done a radio interview on the local
> > station there.  Amazing what a little promo can do.
>
> You got THAT right. You have to put something INto something to get
> something out of it.
>
> >   As I said before, you can kind of look upon this thing as a census of
> > harmonica enthusiasts.  Flawed of course, because plenty of players
> > probably live far away from the show sites and many haven't a clue this
> > film exists.  Still, the fact the 10 cities had to cancel out is a bit
> > depressing.  With the exception of Texas, the film isn't playing in the
> > South at all.  Knoxville, Nashville, Orlando, and Birmingham all came up
> > short.
>
> Even more depressing, when doing a canvas of harmonica players from the
> south west Fla. area, I find that the few that are here AREN't interested.
> Most are content to ply their avocation, collect their jing, and wait for
> the next gig. As for Orlando, the only enthusiast that was there (at one
> time), as
> far as I know, was the Iceman. Chromatic players? Forgeddabowtit. Randy
> Singer in Miami? Me in Ft. Myers? Hmmm, hardy an audience..because
> because everyone else is almost 100 years old, can't drive at night, can't
> drive, are lucky to be walking, can't walk, and blah blah.
>
> smo-joe
>
>
> >
> > Mick Zaklan
>
>
>


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