"After a controversial 1998 solo concert in Washington D. C. attracted a considerable amount of attention to Rainey's music." (from the AMG). Does any one know what was so controversial about? Was it just the music or were there other circumstances that made it controversial? Thanks.
Zach
I seem to remember reading (somewhere, maybe rec.music.bluenote before its death) about this. There was something about Rainey being booked into a restaurant-type venue, and the owner decided after he started playing that he hated it and kicked him out. Rainey and the people who were there to hear him left, and went to a nearby park and...can't remember for sure, but I there was something about illegal gathering, or noise, or something like that. It wasn't a Guns and Roses type riot when Rainey showed up late, if that's what you were hoping for! Dan