"Don't get mad, get even" (Boston, 1967); "Reformer who gets results" (2000); Big Easy; Virgin paper

[Laurence Horn]

At 10:16 PM -0400 9/4/05, Fred Shapiro wrote:
>On Sun, 4 Sep 2005 bapopik at AOL.COM wrote:
>
>>  There was no "Big Easy" dance hall in the early 1900s and certainly not
>>  one in the "19th century." "Big Easy" was coined in the 1960s and
>>  popularized by the novel of that name in the early 1970s. It's a
>
>Are there any citations earlier than the novel?
>
>Fred Shapiro
>
I've read in the Times within the last couple of days that it was
initiated by musicians, referring to the ease of finding a gig there.
No idea if that's confirmed, or confirmable, and no date given.

Larry