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OT: Article worth reading

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I found this article about Thelonius Monk troubling and deeply disturbing because of its honesty.

Wasn't too long ago that the actual events it describes were "typical" of the lives led by professional jazz musicians here in the U.S.A..

The article's somewhat long and is a serious read, but we all should become aware of the types of challenges which musicians who preceded us once faced.

http://www.counterpunch.org/2011/12/02/out-walked-monk/

Taking the Fall

Out Walked Monk

by JEFFREY ST. CLAIR

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Posted on 11 years ago
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Geez Buckie... I watched Midnight Cowboy last night, man I forgot what a depressing movie that was... and then you smack me with this brutal reality check... I'm going to be breaking out the bourbon.

Good check in...

Not a Guru... just interested..
Posted on 11 years ago
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Reading about the Real Life experiences of famous musicians can be seriously depressing at times! There are some good books/bio's out there, but if you want to do some one-stop-shopping, check out this website:

http://www.thejazzman.com.au/Page/Page.asp?Page_Id=115&h=1

Stuff like full-blown mental illness and drug addiction not only 'runs' among many of the old, great musicians, it gallops! The numbers lost to heroin alone are staggering, even if taken only as a percentage of the population of old-school elite musicians. Billy Holiday, Charlie Parker, Stan Getz, the list is long and sad. If you want to begin exploring human tragedy as it relates to musicians, you've found a fertile field of study.

Sad to say...

John

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Posted on 11 years ago
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man what a bummer is that fiction?

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