Jon Weisberger wrote:
> Well, I'd say that a show billed as an alt.country showcase is one that's
at
> least to some degree marketing the acts who appear on it as
representative
> of the genre, and I'd say it's reasonable for people, especially those
> unfamiliar to the genre, to think that a show billed as a bluegrass
festival
> is going to feature acts representative of bluegrass.
Jon, would you say then that if a 'bad' bluegrass band gets booked at a
festival, the potential bad impression that could be loosed upon an
unexpecting audience is the fault of the promoter? Or does the onus fall
upon the band itself?
Seems to me this is where Anon's arguments fail. I think Anon's beef is
much more with the organizers, promoters, and marketers of SXSW, but all the
ire falls on the bands. I believe that ire is misplaced.
~Greg, happy to have used the word onus, however inappropriately, in a post
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