Who wants to see pictures of Don in his reading room? Not I.

Tom

Don,
Thanks again to you and Susan for the hospitality. Martha and I really enjoyed meeting and seeing everyone. As others have said, Mario was absolutely awesome. Your Audya setup with the two Bose compacts is as good as it gets IMHO. Thanks for letting me try it out. BTW Bill, when you switched over to Don's Audya layout with the Merle Haggard tune, you sounded great. You made it shine. Hammer revealed a vocal talent that surprised all. He has been holding out on us. I've heard some of Gary's recordings before. They do not do justice to what the man sounds like live. A real pro. Always a pleasure to hear Vince sing and play. Gracias! Joe Lee was recording and did some nice guitar duet work with Dennie. What a great time. Thanks to all who participated. As Don said, not quite the number of folks that attended in the past but the overall quality was excellent.
Talk about a tough act to follow...Wait til you see and hear Mario on the DVD! I hope that my premature dementia has not caused me to overlook mentioning others. Thanks again to all for the inspiration.
Jay R

Gary Diamond won two Best awards.

Best Lookin'
... Mr. Snappy Dresser, you

Best Setup
... Mr. Fixit (or should I say Mr. Designit)

You did good, singing and playing, Jay. Keep at it. We have witnessed the progress!

Joe Lee (of "Joe Lee's Got An Aneurysm" fame) gets kudos, as always, for his effort to record things. I gotta record and send him his song. I don't know if that got on tape or not.

I would say that my song about the aneurysm created some kind of voodoo or something, causing me to trip and fall and hurt my head. But, I've written dozens of songs about a broken heart and I'm not dead yet. Although, I do have a broken heart. Maybe I better quit writing songs about body parts.

Okay, wise guys, no smart alec retorts allowed.

Hey Bill and Don:

Another year... another Jam missed, darn it! Sounds like you guys had a great time except when Bill invented Pickup Bed Diving. I hear it's gonna be a new event at the summer olympics... lol!

Don, next year... may I suggest you issue Bill a football helmet before he is allowed on the premises. Seriously, Bill... don't fool around with a concussion situation... and Don, please stick to that new regimen. We'd be in real trouble without you two Louisiana Super-stars.

Dave Rice

Would that be Mario as in Mario Pedone/Houston?

Lucky

Yes it would! He is great. Hope you get a chance to hear him.
DonM

Mario Pedone
http://www.fbc-accordion-club.org/Mario.htm

I'm listening now ... BEAUTIFUL ... more 'food' for the iPOD ...

t.

Not my preference in material at all, but HE'S GREAT!

Love "Watch What Happens". Always one of my favorites.

Russ

My musical taste is nothing if not eclectic ...
t.

Mario played Concierto de Aranjuez on Vince's SD1. He absolutely amazed us.
What a pleasure it was to hear him.
"It ain't the stove, it's the cook."

Jay R