Donny, the main reason I think I don't like country music is the lack of complex structure. I'm not an entertainer, so I get my enjoyment from playing with other musicians of equal skills, studying changes and perfecting them, etc.

I don't look down on anyone who enjoys or plays country...it just bores the heck out of me. In "poorer" days, I played a lot of country and learned to really dislike it.

After you get hooked on jazz or other difficult forms, you have a good chance of playing yourself out of a job, but once you're hooked, "you're hooked". The challenge is to figure out how to get paid for playing to a shrinking audience.


For me, I don't have any other choice but to
play other, more challenging things.

But, that's just me!


Russ