bootleg/counterfeit

[Ted O. Jackson]

>
> >I
> may not like it if someone circulated a tape of me where I totally
> blow a guitar solo!
>
> Yeah, and movie stars don't like it when people photograph them in less-
> than-idea situations either.  Life can be messy.  I really believe music
> fans who collect bootlegs understand this -- if they want the "clean"
> version, they can get it (and no doubt already *do* have it).  Also, if
> an artist consistently gives bad live performances, then word is going to
> get around and future shows for that artist may suffer.  I think most
> artists (especially ones that haven't "made it big") understand that
> they've got to go out and give it everything they've got night in and
> night out.
>
> John

John,
I hear ya.  But I know that if I play a song perfectly a hundred
times in a row, the hundred-first time, when I don't play well,
that's the gig where someone has a tape rolling!
theo