Re: Americana guesswork

[louicm]

        Good Bob Soron:
                         
> > I'm not saying it's inevitable by any means. But so far, every claim
> > that (alt-country) can't (get huge) ignores the fact that right now it
    *is* happening in
> > another genre, and every reason for the claim that it can't happen is
> > countered by that swing revival. A lot of things have to come together,
> > but obviously it *can* happen with alt-country.

        Two large, looming diffences between "Alt-Country" and the Swing
Revival: Swing has a Dance and a Look. Although mutton chop sideburns
might qualify for a Look, standing aloof in the back of the bar with a
bottle of Bud doesn't make much a Dance.

                                   Kip