Members Vito Corleone Posted December 15, 2011 Members Share Posted December 15, 2011 Oh yeah, I see his point. But if you do a quick search for "classic country" bands, you'll see that a lot of these guys are REALLY old. Many are certainly very good bands, but the age of the players often just lends to an entirely different presentation of the material than you would get from a younger group playing the same stuff with a different attitude.So I see the venue's point as well. They want the old style music, but they don't really want it performed by a band who might be better suited for an afternoon senior-citizen BBQ than for a nightclub.No offense to any of the very-good bands out there but, everything else being equal, it's not to hard to imagine why an agent might think one of these bands would be better suited to provide the type of atmosphere the event requires over the other: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pinkfloydcramer61 Posted December 15, 2011 Members Share Posted December 15, 2011 Yup. Regardless of genre or age, you can't really get away from appearance-based discrimination, can you? I 'spose that's fair, because we can do something about that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vito Corleone Posted December 15, 2011 Members Share Posted December 15, 2011 Yup. Regardless of genre or age, you can't really get away from appearance-based discrimination, can you? I 'spose that's fair, because we can do something about that. And it might not even really be an appearance issue so much as one of style. It might be that while the agent wants classic country, what he most wants is to make sure that he gets Dwight Yoakam and not the Sons of the Pioneers. And he, rightly or wrongly, thinks putting an age limit on the band is the easiest way to narrow the applicants to his liking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TIMKEYS Posted December 15, 2011 Members Share Posted December 15, 2011 And it might not even really be an appearance issue so much as one of style. It might be that while the agent wants classic country, what he most wants is to make sure that he gets Dwight Yoakam and not the Sons of the Pioneers. And he, rightly or wrongly, thinks putting an age limit on the band is the easiest way to narrow the applicants to his liking. Dwight is no spring chicken either lol he was born in 1956 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vito Corleone Posted December 15, 2011 Members Share Posted December 15, 2011 Dwight is no spring chicken either lol he was born in 1956 Actually, that was my point. I was speaking in terms of musical style and approach rather than just physical age. I'd bet that if a group of 60-somethings came in looking and sounding like Yoakam's band, the agent in question would have no problem lifting the "under 50" age requirement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wades_keys Posted December 16, 2011 Members Share Posted December 16, 2011 Just lie to his lame ass and cover up the grey with hats. Works for Garth. Hell, he HAS no hair to cover up. {censored} these lame-ass "requirements". ALl they are is a way to weed out the riff raff. If you ain't riff raff, get your ass in there and play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TIMKEYS Posted December 16, 2011 Members Share Posted December 16, 2011 Actually, that was my point. I was speaking in terms of musical style and approach rather than just physical age. I'd bet that if a group of 60-somethings came in looking and sounding like Yoakam's band, the agent in question would have no problem lifting the "under 50" age requirement.If age is a problem I guess we wont be playing there. we are 42,56,60,62,and the three guys that divy up the drummer seat are 60 ,61 and 65. Life is too short to worry about dooch nozzels who hire by age. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pinkfloydcramer61 Posted December 16, 2011 Members Share Posted December 16, 2011 But don't forget, age discrimination works both ways. Try joining a blues band that looks like the cast of Sanford and Son, while YOU look like Opie from the Andy Griffith show (that would be me, circa '92). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pinkfloydcramer61 Posted December 16, 2011 Members Share Posted December 16, 2011 Pardon me, I don't think too clearly at 3 AM. The above case is more of an affirmative action thing. Lucky Peterson was the featured soloist in Little Milton's and Bobby "Blue" Bland's bands when he was in his late teens/early 20's and I don't think anyone cared, given the awesomeness of his talent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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