> -----Original Message-----
> ps I caught James McMurtry at Slim's in San Francisco over the
> weekend. I
> was surprised at the size of the crowd; the place was jammed. I'm
> wondering if that's because SF is just such a big town, and everybody
> does
> well there, or if JM is especially popular on the west coast. I've
> gotta
> think that if he played in Columbus, he might draw about 25 people.
>
[Matt Benz] Actually, that's about right, Terry! But I saw him
a good 5 years ago. Anyway, last night, BR5-49 drew a hell of a crowd,
for their first time through and on a wednesday no less. Lotta older
folks, which was good, not as many hipster doofuses, which was better:
no damn clove cigarettes and bigass pants!
Interesting: BR5, who seem to have more than a little rockabilly
in their sound, esp on the last album, does ok with the modern country
biz, whereas the Derailers have been drawing rockabilly fans while
sticking to a more traditional country sound, and getting ignored by the
modern country biz. That's the way it seems from here, anyway. I'm
probably wrong, and might still be on a PBR drunk right this damn
minute......
*Hic*
