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Published: Tue, 3 Nov 2009
Description: Dow Jones Newswires Al Lewis weighs in on musician Jason Green.
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" Well as we approach double digit unemployment. One man is using his musical ability in hopes of getting the right notes to make a living joining us now it has taken. Dow Jones Newswires columnist Al Lewis value we're here last week you were supposed to be on vacation break. But you went down in the subways and wrote a column about. Well actually it's worse that I went TV. Securities. Industry and Financial Markets Association annual meeting in you know Timothy Geithner Treasury Secretary was there and Jamie Dimon JPMorgan Chase and they had this big reception and guess what they got the musician stay here right. Right down from the subway they had come out of some."
" Way being going on there because I think they can't afford to take memos anymore. And -- Dallas Jason -- ordinarily plays in the subway and here is playing for people who had just turned down our Treasury Secretary speak about our economy. -- kind of hard to tell you know in this news in the video that we're looking at right now but he is a master technician I I actually went to his website. Jason green guitar dot com and this guy's good what's he doing down on the subway."
" Well I gotta try to set you say -- planned out on a subway it sounds like a crummy did. But the deal is you have to audition did you know the stuff wolves eat you up to go before a group called music on the New York to addition. Some of the people who have auditioned for this have already played Carnegie hall and the subway is a great place to pick up some bucks stated -- get down man play. You can make some pretty good money you know people are passing through the subway. They're having a terrible day they hear a little bit of music and you got quite some up a little bit. And they spent some cash. And additionally he's also getting up pictures to go play weddings permits those clubs events just from the -- here. And."
" He's tremendously accomplished blues plans play claims to be able to make about 200 dollars for a two hour session down there so there's. Big -- but what I love he says sometimes he seizing Wall Street types. Residents sued to throw a quarter after listening to him. And then he sees some -- come along getting five or ten bucks so there's no telling how much you're gonna get from boom."
" Well that's absolutely right but you know the people like they'll give the money at people who really keep appreciate music."
" And I think that that crosses socio economic lines. He says said that on the working man is a lot more generous than than than some of the people on Wall Street I think they just appreciate. You know somebody who's following managing day filing your dream play an -- tire."
" When -- yet -- could be going to college in Macon some more money doing some mouse how Louis Dow Jones Newswires column is all about following your dreams that is the American -- good to see -- for about."
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