[Bob Olhsson]

On Friday, September 13, 2019 at 7:18:12 PM UTC-5, Scott Dorsey wrote:
. You sit down and hand them charts and they play it all right
the first time and then everyone goes home. This does not happen in the
pop world.

It did back in the days of session players. In Nashville. you just played them a song and in most cases, they memorized it with no chart needed. The problem with rock bands is that they typically only had one or maybe two truly great musicians in them.

[Scott Dorsey]

Bob Olhsson wrote:

It did back in the days of session players. In Nashville. you just played them a song and in most cases, they memorized it with no chart needed. The problem with rock bands is that they typically only had one or maybe two truly great musicians in them.

Well, there have been lots of Fabians and Menudos over the years too.
--scott
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"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

[Bob Olhsson]

On Sunday, September 15, 2019 at 6:29:29 PM UTC-5, Scott Dorsey wrote:

Well, there have been lots of Fabians and Menudos over the years too.

I'd argue we are in the longest period of Fabiosity ever! We have no effective indi labels and most live venues are controlled by the Bill Graham crowd. It's like the '50s when the old big band promoters ran everything.