Harry – I love ya man but… you need to get out more. The Key West music scene is thriving. I would love to read your review of what is actually in the book instead of a rant about what and whom is not in the book. I interviewed 46 musicians and could have easily interviewed 46 more. No one excluded from Volume 1 should feel slighted and most of the musicians I’ve spoke to including some of those you mentioned are understanding of the magnitude of this task.
The book was a labor of love, not a beauty contest. I did not categorize or list them in any order. I love them all. Your comment about “world class” is insulting to a number of World Class musicians featured in the book. Paul Cotton has filled Carnegie Hall and Madison Square Garden, and Richard Crooks has played with everyone but the Beatles and the Rolling Stones.
As a music consumer and fan I would like to hear a few more horns around town and maybe a little more jazz, but that by no means diminishes the vibrant and amazing Key West music scene. You are way off base there.
Harry – I love ya man but… you need to get out more. The Key West music scene is thriving. I would love to read your review of what is actually in the book instead of a rant about what and whom is not in the book. I interviewed 46 musicians and could have easily interviewed 46 more. No one excluded from Volume 1 should feel slighted and most of the musicians I’ve spoke to including some of those you mentioned are understanding of the magnitude of this task.
The book was a labor of love, not a beauty contest. I did not categorize or list them in any order. I love them all. Your comment about “world class” is insulting to a number of World Class musicians featured in the book. Paul Cotton has filled Carnegie Hall and Madison Square Garden, and Richard Crooks has played with everyone but the Beatles and the Rolling Stones.
As a music consumer and fan I would like to hear a few more horns around town and maybe a little more jazz, but that by no means diminishes the vibrant and amazing Key West music scene. You are way off base there.