Like most of us I am sure, I always dress "for the gig" ... For NH/AL gigs it is always a shirt and tie, upscale restaurants depending on the season it is jacket, shirt, tie, or a real dressy sport, and always with a nice pair of slacks, outdoor gigs depending on the weather and venue it could be a colorful 'Hawaiian' style shirt and slacks or shorts ... and we all know how Gary dresses for his gigs ... but yesterday I was talking with the sax player from the band in NY and we were discussing how many musicians 'dress' today ... with the band, it was ALWAYS the latest style tux and shirt, bow ties, patent leather shoes, pocket square, etc. ... today 'wedding bands' often wear dark shirts with a tie, sometimes with a jacket, and nice slacks ... The aforementioned sax player, the guitar player from the NY band and I had gone to see the 'easy listening' jazz group "Spyro Gyra" at a jazz club in Boston ... most of the band members were wearing jeans ... one of my friends commented that he remembered when the musicians dressed better than the audience ...
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