Rabbi Sol,

If any of the artists who you have turned down read this thread then they will know why you turned them down. Maybe it's not a graceful answer to them but it will give them the reason.

Ron,

You and the Rabbi are definitely competing with each other. Many people only have a limited amount of money to spend on entertainment. If someone goes to one of your concerts this week they may not be able to spend the money to go to the Rabbi's concert next week and vice versa. More then likely a person will see someone who they know or someone they have wanted to see. I live on Long Island and this weekend there were three major concerts...Vance Gilbert on Friday night, Garnet Rogers on Saturday Night and the Strawbs on Sunday afternoon. I am an avid folk fan but at $20 for one concert, $15 for a second and $35 for a third there was no way that I could go to all three. So even if you and the Rabbi don't have concerts on the same night or are a slight distence apart from each other you are still competing for my dollars.

Andy