Re: Gigs Cancelled - Health and Safety
Since I said yesterday that most events are still going on where I live, I heard today of performers, not hosts, cancelling two shows. The first involved a musician from Scotland who'd understandably decided to cancel his tour. In the second case, a local folk band, with a member who's an MD in her spare time, cancelled a gig due to the risk. As I mentioned earlier, I'm in the "vulnerable population" so I'm considering cancelling a Song Circle at my home (no money involved), and avoiding other musical and non-musical gatherings until we know what's happening with this disease. As Don and others have said, better safe than sorry. Still, I'm not going to hoard toilet paper and canned goods, hide in a bomb shelter, nor even confine myself to the house at this point. Fortunately, I can still play my instruments even if I become housebound but healthy. I'm impressed with the sanity of this discussion. Thanks, everyone.
Robert Johnson's mother, describing blues musicians:
"I never did have no trouble with him until he got big enough to be round with bigger boys and off from home. Then he used to follow all these harp blowers, mandoleen (sic) and guitar players."
Lomax, Alan, The Land where The Blues Began, NY: Pantheon, 1993, p.14.
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