Somebody here mentioned how much they dug Del's "Blue Side of Town," so here's ya an annectdote: Del's fiddler on that record was one Tad Marks who happened to be in Austin last week, hanging around post SXSW. He came by my weekly Jewband gig and sat in on a few tunes, including the leading the band through a minor-key rendition of "Lee Highway Blues" which I shall never forget. Then Hot Club of Cow Town fiddler Elana Fremmerman joined in for triple fiddle action on a waltz and then led the band through a swinging "Yossel, Yossel." Just another Austin wednesday night. Tad pointed out how much it hurt him to leave Del, but as he pointed out, there just ain't much money in the gig. (He's looking for a gig BTW, you DC area folks..) Ditto John W's comment about BG CD sales: It's assumed that the money you'll make is from sales off the stage, in fact, most labels are quite up front about it. They look at thier touring BG bands as if they are distributors. Saddly, they don't often get as good a unit price. ___________________________________________________________ Mark Rubin POB 49227, Austin TX 78765 http://markrubin.com
