Bill didn't bring his keyboard in, and he left a bit early. He wanted to get back home to Cape May last night instead of spending the night at a hotel. I would have liked to heard it too, but that's OK. He and his lovely wife had lots of fun, enjoyed the music and everyone's company.

Gary
You know I did have all good intentions of playing the BK9. I even brought the bass pedals to do something different then the typical arranger mode of playing. Was gonna jam some Blues, Swing and Reggae. Got there pretty early, about 12:30, and saw Gary helping Aj with the Audya huge setup. Went into the downstairs room and it was wall to wall Arranger setups. 5 in all. Aj's was realoly a double setup so lets say 6. Really no room for another.
After Gary got done with AJ he went into his "Chef of the Future" mode and we didn't see him much for the next two hours. Just plates and plates of grilled goodies, Burgers, Kabobs, Bratwurst. And Smoked Salmon, and Salmon and Roasted Garlic dip, and Jumbo Shrimp, and all kinds of snacks, and ice cold Coors, and, frozen mini Eclairs for dessert, and and, and, and !!! The man has a calling in the catering business.
I figured that driveway hill was just too much so I'd just hang back and enjoy, and boy did we.
Also had the plan to get back to Cape May that night as I had a
1 PM job today. Sorry to bail early but it really wasn't that early. Left about 6:20, thats six hours of music and food, and got home at 9.
All in all it was a great day and I listened and learned from a bunch of seasoned pros. Great bunch of guys and girls.

Let me throw out a question to those who were there:
What are your standout thoughts of the day music wise ? I was thinking about it today while on my gig and wondering what othere came away with.