{"id":33473,"date":"2012-08-24T10:54:53","date_gmt":"2012-08-24T17:54:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/?p=33473"},"modified":"2024-06-02T09:29:06","modified_gmt":"2024-06-02T16:29:06","slug":"joe-camel-eptimoe-cool-saxophone-player","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/2012\/joe-camel-eptimoe-cool-saxophone-player\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Camel: The Eptimoe Of The “Cool” Saxophone Player"},"content":{"rendered":"

I realize that smoking has becoming such a social taboo, that just the mere mention of it could be enough to get you black-listed from your friend’s next dinner party. That said, some of us are old enough to remember when smokers weren’t quite the social pariahs they are now.<\/p>\n

Enter Joe Camel. Joe was to epitomize the essence of a cool smoker.  \"\"<\/a>   Among his many personas, Joe flew fighter jets, drover dune buggies, played pool, entertained the ladies in a James Bond kind of way, played the guitar, and of course, played the sax.<\/p>\n

\"Caml<\/a><\/p>\n

     Source: WHITEMTNHOWDY VINTAGE ADS<\/h6>\n

When I saw the above 1994 ad on eBay<\/a> by WHITEMTNHOWDY VINTAGE ADS, I flashed back to playing in clubs where the smoke was so thick you could barely see the patrons sitting at the tables. Ah yes, the good ol’ days… and I was a smoker at the time as well. There was really no point in heeding the Surgeon General’s warning, since quitting my own smoking really wasn’t going to solve the problem.  \ud83d\ude09 <\/p>\n

Today of course it’s a different matter all together. Most of us have all quit smoking. And those few hard core addicts who haven’t, find themselves relegated to the great out of doors.<\/p>\n

I really like seller’s collection of Joe Camel ads<\/a>. They are a bright, colourful reminder of a time when smoking was already no longer really socially acceptable, but not yet demonized like it is today.<\/p>\n

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…this is just my blog<\/em>. <\/span> My \u201creal\u201d <\/b> website is<\/span> www.bassic-sax.info.<\/a> If you\u2019re looking for <\/span> sax info<\/strong>,<\/span> you should check it out too.<\/span>There\u2019s lots<\/em> there! <\/span><\/div>\n
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