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The extract looks great, I'll have to pick up the 3 books he mentions --- I love Armstrong. One thing that always amazed me about these jazz performers was how
by beezlebroxxxxxx 2y ago
The extract looks great, I'll have to pick up the 3 books he mentions --- I love Armstrong.
One thing that always amazed me about these jazz performers was how much they toured, even at the peak of their popularity. They went everywhere. A couple years ago I sat down with my grandfather when his health was fading and asked him to tell me his life-story, recording it for my father so that he would always have a record of his father's voice. My grandfather grew up in a middle of nowhere Canadian town, but it did have a pavilion in its town park. I just about lost it when my grandpa casually mentioned that he'd seen Armstrong play there 4 times(!) over the years. Nowadays, you'd be lucky if any band or act came to play in that town. But Armstong and his band came.
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- hammock 2y agoThe guys got three other books on Armstrong too
- jamiek88 2y agoYeah its funny, there was a brief period in history where artists and labels made money on recordings and performances were a sideline but before that and arguably now too the only money to be made is in touring and merchandise for everyone except the 0.1%. Being a musician, even a famous one, meant hard work night after night.
- polishdude20 2y agoWith AI generated music coming out, I can see a resurgence in live performance.
- davedx 2y agoAlso that hard work and touring often took a heavy toll on them. Some musicians didn’t survive that life unfortunately
- jamiek88 2y agoAbsolutely especially when rail was the method of travel. They weren’t flying in on jets and sleeping in nice hotels as a rule!
- trillic 2y agoSome musicians opted to travel via small aircraft. The following musicians died due to crashing small aircraft: Otis Redding John Denver Jim Croce Buddy Holly Ricky Nelson Stevie Ray Vaughan