Alvin Queen Denied Entry to U.S. Due to Dropped Charges From 50 Years Ago

[JSngry]

http://www.billboard.com/articles/business/7990197/jazz-drummer-alvin-queen-denied-entry-us

[David Ayers]

 Sleep easy, America. 

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

Fucking bullshit!!!!!!!!!

[bertrand]

Didn't know about this concert. Might have been tempted to go, but now, not so sure...

[sidewinder]

Ridiculous..

[soulpope]

Believe this is quite telling about the current status of the U.S .... more to come I'm afraid ....

[sidewinder]

4 hours ago, soulpope said:

Believe this is quite telling about the current status of the U.S .... more to come I'm afraid ....

If that is the case - Mr Queen is well out of it, their loss. He is certainly appreciated here in Europe - and long may that be the case. Fortunate to catch him with Msrs Tolliver, Cowell, Harper and McBee several years ago in London.

[Dmitry]

I see the knee-jerkers have already checked in here.

My opinion, there's got to be more to it than what's in the article.

[paul secor]

1 hour ago, Dmitry said:

I see the knee-jerkers have already checked in here.

My opinion, there's got to be more to it than what's in the article.

Okay - If you know more, tell the rest of us.

[JSngry]

Yes, please elucidate. As of now, best as I can tell, there is neither more nor less to the story than is in the article.

[Dmitry]

1 hour ago, paul secor said:

Okay - If you know more, tell the rest of us.

Patience , young one. Patience. 

 

[JSngry]

Oh, so you're going to learn more the same as the rest of us, you just stopped in to play the "knee jerk" card, right?

Duly noted!

[Dmitry]

What I'm saying is that there'll be a resolution to this story, and bureaucratic  matters like this take time.

 

[JSngry]

Oh, I see, that's what you're saying, not that " there's got to be more to it than what's in the article".

Thanks for the clarification!

 

[Dmitry]

Yeah, it probably didn't come out the intended way. I'm sure the Swiss Alvin will be issued a US visa. I don't think the Swiss citizens need an entry visa to the US, but if he's being admitted here to work, he may need a work visa? Actually I don't know how that would work, since it's only for one or two gigs. Maybe she can help? 

 

[JSngry]

I think it's safe to say that the future is yet to come!

And also that bureaucratic fuck ups are part of our past history, as well as the future, we does lie ahead, history not yet made, but surely to be there as tomorrow's past, just waiting to have happened.

[Brad]

Welcome to Trump’s America. 

[danasgoodstuff]

On a purely practical level, he should've held onto his US Passport.  It's bullshit that dropped charges from so long ago should be causing him a problem now, but entirely predictable.