[Postcard2] Acoustic Jazz

[Terry Smith]

And as has been mentioned here over the years, the world is full of exceptionally talented regional acts, who, for whatever reason, never break outside their home areas. This doesn't just apply to music either. One can have all the talent in the world, but without drive, luck, the right friends, and some marketing savvy, you're not getting out of Peoria. Or maybe you're happy in Peoria. -- terry smith

ps I just spent four days in Tucson. I lived there for a year around 1980, and loved it then. I still love it; for me, one of the most beautiful and magical cities I've ever spent time in. The way it smells after the rain. While there, we caught a local Latin big band -- great Latin/Cuban rhythms -- in the Rialto theater. Good stuff. The highlight, though --  hiking in the Sonoran desert. Coolest desert anywhere, beats the shit out of the Great Basin or that one in California with all the joshua trees.


--- On Mon, 6/29/09, Kevin Fredette <kevin_fredette at comcast.net> wrote:

From: Kevin Fredette <kevin_fredette at comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [Postcard2] Acoustic Jazz
To: "Americana Music List" <postcard2 at lists.drizzle.com>
Date: Monday, June 29, 2009, 9:55 PM



Maybe there's no mystery.  Pop (and country) history is loaded with talented, hard working, deserving acts who never got the success they should have.  Sometimes people just never get the right breaks.  Meanwhile Rascal Flatts and Carrie Underwood are still on the radio. 



Kevin 


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "William W Western" <wwesternglass at shaw.ca> 
To: "Americana Music List" <postcard2 at lists.drizzle.com> 
Sent: Monday, June 29, 2009 9:38:41 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: Re: [Postcard2] Acoustic Jazz 

That is a puzzler. When I first saw him with the Nash Ramblers I thought 
here's another Emmylou sideman slated for the big time. Sure enough in time 
he was releasing an album but just nothing happened. Hard to imagine with 
his talent (singing, songwriting, guitar), looks, and heavy friends what's 
going on. Any ideas? Lorrie Morgan? 
> Jon Randall is the saddest story in Nashville. an amazingly talented guy, 
> he can't keep a record deal or break through to save his life. 



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