WOW, this is so great. After reading those posts I feel like I WAS THERE. Thanks so much for sharing guys. Put me down for that dvd when it is released too.
Best to all,
BEBOP

Don great review, can't wait to see the photos and if you put out a DVD, I'd be interested in getting a copy.

Boo, Don....
Great reviews. I GOTTA have the DVD...if for no other reason than to hear TomC sing. (He's been holding back on me.) Hey Tom...no Beatles?

With DonM producing this get-together I knew it was going to be good. Hope you got to play and sing some, Don.

Sure wish I could have been there.
Eddie

Wow! What a great time you guys had. If I had not already contracted to do the job in Louisville, KY I would have been there for sure. Maybe next year. I'll be picking up a new van next week and a trip to the sunny south would right in line with my wife's retirement plans. Just give me a date early enough so I don't book anything during that week.

Thanks again Don and Boo for the report,

Gary

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Travlin' Easy

Boo & Don: Great report of what sounds like a terrific time had by all. I can't wait to receive the DVD so I can at least get a taste of your "Big Band meets Country" jam. As you probably know, I made a special point to pay my respects to you guys at my saturday gig, dedicating: "Blue Bayou" to y'all.

I can't wait to see pics, hear the music, and especially, receiving the DVD.

Scott

My report:

As the lyrics in the Beatles tune "Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite" said "A good time was guaranteed for all". I can't speak for the others but I was not disappointed. Simply put, I had a blast.

All the performers there have a lot of talent. That talent covered keyboard playing, singing, guitar playing, lyric writing, and sometimes all of the above going on at the same time. Music is such a broad art form and the talent there covered many different areas.

Boo and I were the token jazz/bigband era performers. One incident I remember was Boo was grooving on a Ray Charles like version of "Georgia On My Mind'. He was soooo HOT he blew the circuit breaker. We were outnumbered by the country and western folk by a margin of 9002 to 2. Boo and I did have an impact on the 3 chord bunch. When we started they were playing progressions like (G C and D7). We expanded their horizons by 50 percent. By the time we left, they were using the progression (G Em Am D7). There is hope yet. Next year we will introduce 6th chords.

With all their dedication to country music do you know what really got them going? My rendition of "Bye Bye Blackbird". These CW people sounded like the Mills Brothers. They weren't singing about trucks, prision, whiskey, dogs, women or shotguns. They were also doing something unheard of in the CW music arena. They were doing vocal harmony. Yes, you heard it right hear friends, vocal harmony. Imagine that.

Everyone I met, and there is not a single exception in this statement, was gracious and hospitable. The folks at the Legion made us feel right at home and the fellow performers did also.

Congratulations to Hank, Don and all their friends for making this a success.

Tom



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Fess up, Tom, you were saying "Ya'll" by the end of the night. I think I heard him hit a Floyd Cramer grace note on the piano too.
You also have to tell how you heard me play a few standards and jazz tunes Friday night. It's not that we can't play that long-hair stuff, it's that we get paid more for playing Good-old-boy music!
DonM

Don, Boo, Hank, Tom, Bill and everybody else that attended:

Man, I wish I could have been there to see and hear all the sounds. Thanks ever so much for the informative posts. Needless to say, I'll do my darndest to attend next year.

Scott Yee, start making plans now. This thing sounds too good to miss. Donnie, you too! Now if we could only get Uncle Dave and a few of the other Synthzone Stalwarts to show up next year.

So glad to hear that everyone had such a great time.

All my best,

Rice

To all-ya'all that did your thing at the Jam
congratulations and thanks for the posts...
I likewise would love to see and hear the great time everyone had...I always knew you southern-boys know how to throw a party....
with all of that talent you folks should have started sooner and stayed later...would
also love to hear Tom's 16 pc band....
TR

It sounds like everyone had a great time! Will the DVD's be available to anyone, or do you have to know a secret handshake or something LOL! I would like to check it out....