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Posted: Apr 14, 2009 - 12:13pm

Saturday, March 28, 2009

George Wein-Festival Network saga continues

As impresario George Wein and his team continue preparing for two festivals under his own name in Newport this summer because of the anticipated demise of Festival Network LLC, the venture that bought out his Festival Productions Inc. operation two years ago and ran things into the ground quite quickly in 2008.

With FN out of the picture, at least as far as the State of Rhode Island is concerned, Wein is preparing for his own events, being called "George Wein's Folk Festival 50" and "George Wein's Jazz Festival 55," since FN bought the rights to the names of his venerable Newport Jazz Festival and Newport Folk Festival.

While Festival Network hasn’t officially folded it’s tent, the calendar is working against any serious effort for it to produce festivals this year - anywhere.

Wein has made it clear that his focus is Newport, in order to preserve the birthplace of his festival legacy in July 1954. He has said he won’t put on a similar jazz festival in New York this June, telling the New York Times' Ben Sisario this week: “I’m not necessary in New York. New York’s a jazz festival all year long.” Nor has JVC indicated it will sponsor festivals anywhere. Apparently the Japanese economy is as just as bad as ours.

However, Wein is producing two Diana Krall concerts at Carnegie Hall on June 23 and 24 - and according to a news release from his office this week, he will produce a series of additional concerts in New York in June. Publicist Carolyn McClair said New York and Newport artists will be announced in the coming weeks.

Meanwhile, Festival Network CEO Chris Shields, likely the company’s only remaining “employee,” continues to issue statements thanking Wein for laying the ground for his outfit’s return to Newport. That’s not likely.

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Posted: Jan 22, 2009 - 7:38pm

 Hairfarmer wrote:

Shows are getting smaller. Bad for the music Business, but great for Music. IMO. Bands are having to rely more on their ability to perform rather than how flashy a record the label can produce. Indies are making a comeback.

And everyone I know who has attended the "Big" Festivals, Had been complaining about them getting way too big and over-crowded.

 
This one was the first in Jackson so the crowd was "good but not insane"... it was a good weekend.

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Posted: Jan 22, 2009 - 7:35pm

 ScottFromWyoming wrote:
Well, I'm damn glad I went this year. I sold them $1000 worth of ads they have stiffed me on but maybe I can go to a different show and get them to give us passes. Or something.

Promoter Festival Network faces huge losses, lays off staffers

By Bob Grossweiner & Jane Cohen

Concert and festival promoter Festival Network LLC is in financial straits and is believed to have lost $5 million to $6 million in 2008, TicketNews has learned. The company, which hosts festivals in upscale locales such as Newport, RI, Saratoga, NY and Jackson Hole, WY, has closed offices, laid off an undisclosed number of employees and may shut down several of its signature festivals due in part to difficulty in raising new capital and a cutback in funding from JVC for jazz shows.



 
Shows are getting smaller. Bad for the music Business, but great for Music. IMO. Bands are having to rely more on their ability to perform rather than how flashy a record the label can produce. Indies are making a comeback.

And everyone I know who has attended the "Big" Festivals, Had been complaining about them getting way too big and over-crowded.


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Posted: Jan 22, 2009 - 7:17pm

 ScottFromWyoming wrote:

Ahhh I gots a microphone in my eye!


Ahhh I gots a microphone in my eye!



 
He gots some serious razor burn too...


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Posted: Jan 22, 2009 - 6:38pm

Well, I'm damn glad I went this year. I sold them $1000 worth of ads they have stiffed me on but maybe I can go to a different show and get them to give us passes. Or something.

Promoter Festival Network faces huge losses, lays off staffers

By Bob Grossweiner & Jane Cohen

Concert and festival promoter Festival Network LLC is in financial straits and is believed to have lost $5 million to $6 million in 2008, TicketNews has learned. The company, which hosts festivals in upscale locales such as Newport, RI, Saratoga, NY and Jackson Hole, WY, has closed offices, laid off an undisclosed number of employees and may shut down several of its signature festivals due in part to difficulty in raising new capital and a cutback in funding from JVC for jazz shows.


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Posted: Sep 7, 2008 - 5:53pm

ScottFromWyoming wrote:
Robert Randolph & the Family Band

This is a crap photo but I just wanted to show you what you get with a Robert Randolph & the Family Band concert: 3 pedal steels, a solid funk band backing it up and 100% party time. He started in church, moved out into the "Sacred Steel" scene, and is now a fun rock show. Don't miss it if he comes to your town.


I forgot to mention that I felt a little guilty: His own stuff rocked but oh. my. god you should have heard his tribute to Bo Diddley. :swoon:

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Posted: Sep 7, 2008 - 4:13pm

 ScottFromWyoming wrote:

Ahhh I gots a microphone in my eye!


Ahhh I gots a microphone in my eye!



 
I hate when that happens.

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Posted: Sep 7, 2008 - 4:05pm

ScottFromWyoming wrote:


He really is. I bumped into him at a bar later that night. Super nice.

I was backstage before the show and I saw a guy in a wheelchair with a steel right outside the gate. the guy was a big fan so they let him in to talk to Robert.
Later, during the show, the band wanted to get the guy on stage to play with them. the steps on the back of the stage were too steep to prop some boards and roll the guy up. the show stopped for a few minutes while members of the band tried to lift this guy, wheelchair and all up on the front of the stage. It made me nervous to watch as they tried to hoist him up. they couldn't do it. so the guy just parked it right in front of the stage and jammed with the band. it was pretty cool.

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Posted: Sep 7, 2008 - 3:59pm

Black Crowes Jackson Hole

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Posted: Sep 7, 2008 - 3:55pm

JrzyTmata wrote:
RRFB rocks!! we saw them last summer at Appel Farm Festival. Excellent show and a genuinely nice guy.
and he's from New Jersey


He really is. I bumped into him at a bar later that night. Super nice.

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Posted: Sep 7, 2008 - 3:54pm


Ahhh I gots a microphone in my eye!


Ahhh I gots a microphone in my eye!




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Posted: Sep 7, 2008 - 3:51pm

ScottFromWyoming wrote:
Robert Randolph & the Family Band

This is a crap photo but I just wanted to show you what you get with a Robert Randolph & the Family Band concert: 3 pedal steels, a solid funk band backing it up and 100% party time. He started in church, moved out into the "Sacred Steel" scene, and is now a fun rock show. Don't miss it if he comes to your town.

RRFB rocks!! we saw them last summer at Appel Farm Festival. Excellent show and a genuinely nice guy.
and he's from New Jersey


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Posted: Sep 7, 2008 - 3:49pm


Ferrar Guitar
Ferrar Guitar



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Posted: Sep 7, 2008 - 3:43pm

Robert Randolph & the Family Band

This is a crap photo but I just wanted to show you what you get with a Robert Randolph & the Family Band concert: 3 pedal steels, a solid funk band backing it up and 100% party time. He started in church, moved out into the "Sacred Steel" scene, and is now a fun rock show. Don't miss it if he comes to your town.


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Posted: Sep 7, 2008 - 3:41pm

ScottFromWyoming wrote:
Robert Randolph

A chrome plater's dream!

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Posted: Sep 7, 2008 - 3:38pm

Robert Randolph

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Posted: Sep 7, 2008 - 3:34pm

Finally getting around to posting the last of my JHMF photos.

Here are the mooses I sawr on the way home:

Moose Cow & Calf

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Posted: Aug 24, 2008 - 5:13pm

JrzyTmata wrote:

what was she spamming?


It was weird. First she had a paragraph about a Jackson motel, how great it is etc etc, then a link to a Wyoming drug rehab program.

Gotta love amateur spammers. She was probably thinking "Crap I got this job promoting the motel in online forums. Maybe if I could kick the meth I could get a real job." and then accidentally pasted the wrong link or something.

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Posted: Aug 24, 2008 - 5:04pm

ScottFromWyoming wrote:


I just now read Bill's re-write of the spammer's post.

what was she spamming?

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Posted: Aug 24, 2008 - 4:57pm

AS jessica11 wrote:
Hi,
This is jessica, and FSM only knows why i chose to spam this topic with an ad for either a ski lodge or a drug treatment program, or maybe both, i don't know, i think maybe i'm on drugs or hit my head on a downhill run or maybe i'm just rude, yeah, thats it, i'm just a rude little twit, pardon me, move along, nothing to see here...


I just now read Bill's re-write of the spammer's post.

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