Small towns, he believed, impose a kind of accountability that was missing in the modern music business, as well as in most other parts of the corporate world. By way of illustration, he told a story about a well-known promoter who produced a concert that DiFranco did with Bob Dylan. They were playing at an outdoor performance space near a major northeastern city. “We found out that the promoter was adding a $5 parking fee to every ticket even though the parking came free with the venue. It was a sneaky way for him to make an extra $25,000 to $50,000 without giving anything to the artists.
