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#351372 - 09/19/12 04:52 PM
Re: What are your fondest music business memories?
[Re: captain Russ]
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Registered: 12/08/02
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Loc: Forest Hill, MD USA
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My earliest memory was at age 5, when I sat down at an old upright piano my father brought home and plinked out a song I just heard on the radio, Tennessee Waltz. My fondest memory, however, was the first time I performed at an assisted living center nearly 15 years ago. I'll never forget the faces of those wonderful people sitting there in the audience, all of which have probably long since passed away. Today, at Pickersgill Retirement I performed for about 90 retirees, one of which is an old friend and fellow musician from many years ago. Jim has been living there for just over three years and was recently diagnosed with systemic neuropathy, an insidious disease for which there is no cure. He came up to me at the end of the performance and said "I'm so glad you are here. You make life a lot more bearable for those of us that don't have much to live for." There are a lot of Jim's out there, and I wish to thank all of them for making my musical career the most memorable part of my life. Cheers, Gary
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#351443 - 09/20/12 02:10 PM
Re: What are your fondest music business memories?
[Re: DonM]
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Registered: 01/02/04
Posts: 7305
Loc: Lexington, Ky, USA
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Mason, mine was similar....and BETTER! Think 5 women and a BUS!
SO THERE!
Bill the reference to Church Lady was priceless!
Seriously, I could go on and on about gigs, venues and the like, but the best part of my music career has been the PEOPLE.
Mentors....sharing the stage with everything from beginners to Grammy winners.
Learning from others. Sharing what little I know with newcomers.
In a way, the B.J. Thomases, Dick Dale's, John Entwistle's, Lou Rawls and Ella Fitzgerald's of the world share equal billing (at least to me) with the Rory's, Uncle Dave's, DIKI's Chas, Tony W, DNJ, Don Mason and lots of others here..
I've said it before....you folks are important to me!
Best personal regards,
Russ
Russ
Edited by captain Russ (09/20/12 02:14 PM)
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#351684 - 09/24/12 10:16 PM
Re: What are your fondest music business memories?
[Re: DonM]
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Registered: 08/28/04
Posts: 2206
Loc: Louisiana, USA
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It was the 70's. I was single. It involved me, two women and my van during break. Ah, yes, back in 1974, we were young bucks. Your ban broke down when the tire flew off the rim after a blowout. And those two Olympic weight lifters that were training in Belcher, LA lifted your car so we could change the tire. That was humiliating, for sure. Neither one of use would take them up, they offered it to us. We just couldn't go there. I'm a big guy, you're bigger, and neither one of us would take on them gals. I was skeered, for sure. Thanks for the memories.
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#351685 - 09/24/12 10:28 PM
Re: What are your fondest music business memories?
[Re: SemiLiveMusic]
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Registered: 06/25/99
Posts: 16735
Loc: Benton, LA, USA
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It was the 70's. I was single. It involved me, two women and my van during break. Ah, yes, back in 1974, we were young bucks. Your ban broke down when the tire flew off the rim after a blowout. And those two Olympic weight lifters that were training in Belcher, LA lifted your car so we could change the tire. That was humiliating, for sure. Neither one of use would take them up, they offered it to us. We just couldn't go there. I'm a big guy, you're bigger, and neither one of us would take on them gals. I was skeered, for sure. Thanks for the memories. That was a totally DIFFERENT night! I think one of those lady weight-lifters now has a reality show in South Louisiana. But everybody does. DonM
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#351695 - 09/25/12 05:07 AM
Re: What are your fondest music business memories?
[Re: captain Russ]
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Registered: 05/13/08
Posts: 1144
Loc: Staten Island, NYC
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It was long ago, maybe 92-93, i was still a kid, 16-17 years old. I was playing a wedding, singing a Serbian song, my microphone fell down in the middle of it somehow, in the middle of singing. I went down to get it and all of a sudden someone started singing in Albanian language the same song...he was translating on the fly but there was no rhyme nor any logic to it...by the time i got up everybody was stopped dancing and half of them on the floor laughing...it was my Bass Keyboardist who came up with the idea.
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#351725 - 09/25/12 09:40 PM
Re: What are your fondest music business memories?
[Re: Nedim]
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Registered: 12/01/08
Posts: 3456
Loc: South Africa
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Playing at a Gospel gathering when just about everyone in the audience, from youngest to oldest, broke out crying loudly. One woman ran up to the front, shook her head & shouted: "I'm sorry, I cannot stand any more..." and ran out the back door.
In a bar or hotel, this would be terrible, but during a service this is the Holy Spirit at work in others' hearts & oh, how I wish we could experience this on a daily basis!!!
At times I would cry myself whilst just jamming, and oh, how soft & tender I feel inside afterwards even for days to come! How I also wish I could have more of those!
Then, on a few occasions, people came together at a home. No one would say anything, but I'll play very softly on the guitar for an hour or so whilst they sit back, heads back & eyes closed. Then we all share our different experiences afterwards when all this is over and when all tell where they drifted off to during all of this. Moments like these are AWESOME & precious beyond description...
One day I just sat down, jamming softly at home. Without my knowing, a lady that came to visit my wife, just sat down in the room next door, crying. Afterwards she told of the things she let go of in her life without anyone saying as much as a word to her...
Then finally, at the end of just about every outreach when both of us are high for days on end, like someone on drugs. Some of the most wonderful experiences that can be had in this life!
And then me crying now, even as I type this, just thinking upon those things again... Oh, life can be AWESOME, wonderful & most fulfilling indeed!!!
Not easy to understand for most, but very,very special for us...
Henni
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