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ragtopW wrote:

RinglingRingling wrote:I guess I would say I haven't given it a lot of thought. The crews that show for the concerts in FL are different than the folks who show up in Cinci and at Alpine, and the Texas crews are different too. Are the demographics of the audience the same in a broad sense? yeah. people, men and women. Economics run from students to attorneys, ages from 12 to 70s. Ethnically? yeah, there are probably a lot more caucasians than anything else, but if you do a demographic of some jazz artists or rap, or Country, you probably also find concentrations. Oh well.

and as for the "if you see a non-caucasian, he's there to scalp tickets", the person saying that needs a quick punch to the side of the head for inferring that non-caucasians are the only ones scalping tickets.

yep as most people here know..

A I scalped tickets for years..
B I am Lily White..

I thought u were know as a couple of people

Benny the Groin, Sammy the Schnazz, Elmer the Fudd, Tubby the Tuba, and once as Miss Phyllis Levine.

RinglingRingling wrote: ... if you do a demographic of some jazz artists or rap, or Country, you probably also find concentrations. Oh well.

I went to see Koko Taylor, an old blues singer, at BB King's earlier this year. She's black. The majority of the audience was black. An older black man standing next to me at the bar seemed surprised a white guy was there. But then I've always been atypical.

LIPH wrote:

RinglingRingling wrote: ... if you do a demographic of some jazz artists or rap, or Country, you probably also find concentrations. Oh well.

I went to see Koko Taylor, an old blues singer, at BB King's earlier this year. She's black. The majority of the audience was black. An older black man standing next to me at the bar seemed surprised a white guy was there. But then I've always been atypical.

I knew we got along for a reason, not just our love for Seashells....

LIPH wrote:

RinglingRingling wrote: ... if you do a demographic of some jazz artists or rap, or Country, you probably also find concentrations. Oh well.

I went to see Koko Taylor, an old blues singer, at BB King's earlier this year. She's black. The majority of the audience was black. An older black man standing next to me at the bar seemed surprised a white guy was there. But then I've always been atypical.

yep. Koko has some serious pipes.

LIPH wrote:

RinglingRingling wrote: ... if you do a demographic of some jazz artists or rap, or Country, you probably also find concentrations. Oh well.

I went to see Koko Taylor, an old blues singer, at BB King's earlier this year. She's black. The majority of the audience was black. An older black man standing next to me at the bar seemed surprised a white guy was there. But then I've always been atypical.

so how much did you get for your "extra" tickets??

just to make myself .02 cents poorer . . . I have literally partied with people at Buffett from the age of 102 all the way down to whatever the legal age is to party . . . and hung out with kids and infants as well year after year. I have partied with millionares and those on unemployment . . . white people, asian people, black people, catholic people, lutherans, wiccans (and almost everything in between), republicans, democrats, as well as people from too many countries to name . . . perhaps I read this thread wrong but if you paid me a million dollars I do not have the vocabulary to define a "Typical Buffett Fan".

RinglingRingling wrote:

LIPH wrote:

RinglingRingling wrote: ... if you do a demographic of some jazz artists or rap, or Country, you probably also find concentrations. Oh well.

I went to see Koko Taylor, an old blues singer, at BB King's earlier this year. She's black. The majority of the audience was black. An older black man standing next to me at the bar seemed surprised a white guy was there. But then I've always been atypical.

yep. Koko has some serious pipes.

If you've heard Bob Seger's song Come To Poppa, it's actually Come to Mama and it's a Koko Taylor song.

LIPH wrote:

RinglingRingling wrote:

LIPH wrote:

RinglingRingling wrote: ... if you do a demographic of some jazz artists or rap, or Country, you probably also find concentrations. Oh well.

I went to see Koko Taylor, an old blues singer, at BB King's earlier this year. She's black. The majority of the audience was black. An older black man standing next to me at the bar seemed surprised a white guy was there. But then I've always been atypical.

yep. Koko has some serious pipes.

If you've heard Bob Seger's song Come To Poppa, it's actually Come to Mama and it's a Koko Taylor song.

Wasn't she in Blues Brothers 2000?

i have her singing a song..or two on a Blues Giants CD..

ragtopW wrote:

LIPH wrote:

RinglingRingling wrote:

LIPH wrote:

RinglingRingling wrote: ... if you do a demographic of some jazz artists or rap, or Country, you probably also find concentrations. Oh well.

I went to see Koko Taylor, an old blues singer, at BB King's earlier this year. She's black. The majority of the audience was black. An older black man standing next to me at the bar seemed surprised a white guy was there. But then I've always been atypical.

yep. Koko has some serious pipes.

If you've heard Bob Seger's song Come To Poppa, it's actually Come to Mama and it's a Koko Taylor song.

Wasn't she in Blues Brothers 2000?

i have her singing a song..or two on a Blues Giants CD..

yes she was in the "Battle of the Bands" scene. And d*m, to have been an extra for that day's shoot.

LIPH wrote:

RinglingRingling wrote: ... if you do a demographic of some jazz artists or rap, or Country, you probably also find concentrations. Oh well.

I went to see Koko Taylor, an old blues singer, at BB King's earlier this year. She's black. The majority of the audience was black. An older black man standing next to me at the bar seemed surprised a white guy was there. But then I've always been atypical.

Sometimes it is surprising who turns out to watch dfferent shows...
I've seen several acts at a local jazz/blues club that I assumed would have had mostly black or at least pretty mixed audiences (Shemika Copeland, Luther Guitar-Junior Johnson, Roomful Of Blues) only to see a very limited minority presence - and most of them were people who seemd to be with the band. It was puzzling, actually. I have also had the same experience as you - that of being questioned as to why I was at a certain venue - when I went to a Providence club to see a night of Cape Verdian music. I guess I thought musical tastes crossed racial 'barriers" more than they really do. In fact, it was a bit disheartening at Saturday's Gillette tailgate how few people had even heard of "Toots & The Maytals" - nevermind, wanted to head inside early enough to catch them. Sad really, when you think about music supposedly being the 'universal language'. Come to think of it, the last "mixed" show I can recall was seeing B.B. King himself, and even that was much more "white" than I expected, possibly due to it having been held at Boston's Symphony Hall. It will be interesting to touch base with my son to see what the attendance was like at the Ben Harper show he went to this past Friday.

All I can say is that I'm African American and I proudly buy AND use my tickets for 3-4 shows a year(for the last 2-3 years anyway). I have done this since 2000. I think I've seen 10 shows now...

ragtopW wrote:A I scalped tickets for years..
B I am Lily White..

Hi, Lily. I'm Garry.

now you DID see that one coming, didn't you?

It's been awhile since I've posted, but this one got to me....a typical parrothead is an oxymoron, true. But as we are all unique in our own ways, how would you describe the typical Usher fan, the typical Mana fan, etc....?
Jimmy's music appeals to all sorts of people, as does rock, jazz, r&b, etc...

When it's all said and done, who gives a flying f**k what the typical person likes....

pbans wrote:I remember a joke on "My Name is Earl" where Joy used her black step-sister's credit card......she asked how they knew it wasn't her....the sister said, "Because you bought wrinkle cream and Jimmy Buffett tickets".....

Too funny!