"I have a friend that actually laughs at "non professionals" that play in public.
He wouldn't walk across the street to see a local band play.
Too bad for him...!"

Usually folks like that are just jealous,a nd are also rather egocentric, and hate others getting any attention. They wish people would pay to see them do anything at all. People usually heckle to get their share of the attention as well.

I was once doing a small show at a frinds house for a going away party when he was moving back east years ago. There was one guy in the crowd that we both knew, that kept heckling us as we played. The thing he did not take into consideration was we had mikes, and everyone could hear us better, so all i did was turn it back on him, and imitate him to a tee. Soon the hunter was the hunted!

Another funny thing is that people that mock local talent, for the most part are far from unique. They tend to like only what is mainstream. They make comments like "dude, that doesn't sound like the record man!" Uh yeah ya think! Wow for a minute i thought i was Clapton!

It's kind of like the kids in high school that try so hard to be different, that they become just like everyone else that try's to hard to be different, so that they become rather normal.

Remember the old Tee Shirt, " If you ain't country you ain't S##T" Well under that thought, the question i have is what are you if you are country then?

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